Declaration, circa 7 May 1844 [JS et al. v. C. B. Street and M. B. Street]
Declaration, circa 7 May 1844 [JS et al. v. C. B. Street and M. B. Street]
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Bachman & Skinner on behalf of JS, , , , and the estate of , Declaration, , IL, ca. [7] May 1844, JS et al. v. C. B. Street and M. B. Street (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1846); handwriting of ; docket by , [, IL, ca. 7 May 1844]; notation by , [, Hancock Co., IL], 8 May 1844; ten pages; photocopy in Historical Department, Materials Received from Mark W. Hofmann, CHL.
In 1982, the Church Historical Department (now CHL) acquired this document from Mark Hofmann. As was later discovered, Hofmann forged many early church history and Americana manuscripts and altered authentic documents to increase their market value; he also dealt in authentic manuscripts. In 1986, church representatives offered documents received from Hofmann to the courthouses or local government agencies where they may have originated, and this document was returned to the circuit court. A collection was created in 1995 to collate forged and suspect documents acquired from Hofmann directly or indirectly through other donors and included both manuscripts and photocopies of documents that were returned to government institutions in 1986. Since there is no provenance information definitively dating this document prior to its possession by Hofmann and there is no indication the document underwent forensic testing, it cannot be conclusively authenticated.
Footnotes
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Turley, Victims, 355.
Turley, Richard E., Jr. Victims: The LDS Church and the Mark Hofmann Case. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992.
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Turley, Victims, 346.
Turley, Richard E., Jr. Victims: The LDS Church and the Mark Hofmann Case. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992.
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See the full bibliographic entry for Materials Received from Mark W. Hofmann, 1980–1985, in the CHL catalog.
Historical Department. Materials Received from Mark W. Hofmann, 1980–1985. CHL. CR 100 306.
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this said note nor any part thereof nor hath any nor either of them
And also for that whereas afterwards, to wit, on the first day of January AD 1844 the said defendants were indebted to the said plaintiffs and the said since deceased in three thousand one hundred dollars and thirty three dollars and sixty-five <two> cents for the price and value of one Steam Boat and there sold and delivered by the plaintiffs <and said since deceased> to the defendants at their request
And in three thousand one hundred and thirty three dollars and sixty-five <two> cents for money then and there found due on an account there and then stated between them from the said defendants to the plaintiffs and the said since deceased. And whereas the defendants as aforesaid on the day and year last aforesaid in consideration of the premises then and there promised to pay the said last mentioned <several> sums of money on request; But, they have disregarded their said promises and have not paid the said several sums of money nor any part thereof to the damage of the plaintiffs as aforesaid four thousand dollars and thereupon they bring suit &c
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