Invoice, Winthrop Eaton to Smith & Cowdery, 11 Oct. 1836; Longworth’s American Almanac [1836], 231; Williams, New-York Annual Register [1836], 504; Ames, Autobiography and Journal, [12].

Longworth’s American Almanac, New-York Register, and City Directory, of the Sixty-First Year of American Independence. . . . New York: Thomas Longworth, 1836.

Williams, Edwin. New-York Annual Register for the Year of Our Lord 1836. Containing an Almanac, Civil and Judicial List; with Political, Statistical and Other Information, respecting the State of New-York and the United States. New York: Edwin Williams, 1836.

Ames, Ira. Autobiography and Journal, 1858. CHL. MS 6055.

Although the invoice from Eaton attributed this purchase to “Smith & Cowdery,” contextual evidence suggests that this was a purchase on behalf of the mercantile firm of Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, which had made several purchases from wholesale merchants in New York City in October 1837. (See Historical Introduction to Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–B.)

See Invoice, Winthrop Eaton to Smith & Cowdery, 11 Oct. 1836; Documents, Volume 5, Introduction to Part 5: 5 Oct. 1836–10 Apr. 1837; and Documents, Volume 5, Introduction to Part 6: 20 Apr.–14 Sept. 1837.

Transcript of Proceedings, ca. 27 Oct. 1837 [Eaton v. JS and O. Cowdery]. Assumpsit was an action brought to recover damages for breach of a simple contract or for the recovery of money; it was “the usual remedy upon promissory notes.” (Swan, Practice in Civil Actions and Proceedings at Law, 1:14.)

Swan, Joseph R. The Practice in Civil Actions and Proceedings at Law, in Ohio, and Precedents in Pleading, with Practical Notes; together with the Forms of Process and Clerks’ Entries. 2 vols. Columbus: Isaac N. Whiting, 1845.

Capias ad Respondendum, 6 June 1837 [Eaton v. JS and O. Cowdery]. It is unknown why Cowdery could not be located. On 6 June 1837, he notified the Kirtland trustees that he had received his commission to act as a newly elected justice of the peace for the city. (Kirtland Township Trustees’ Minutes and Poll Book, 6 June 1837, p. 154.)

Kirtland Township Trustees’ Minutes and Poll Book, 1817–1838. Lake County Historical Society, Painesville, OH.

Special Bail, 10 June 1837 [Eaton v. JS and O. Cowdery].

Declaration, 7 July 1837 [Eaton v. JS and O. Cowdery]; Transcript of Proceedings, ca. 27 Oct. 1837 [Eaton v. JS and O. Cowdery].

“Be it known unto the Saints scattered abroad greeting,” Elders’ Journal, Nov. 1837, 27.

Transcript of Proceedings, ca. 27 Oct. 1837 [Eaton v. JS and O. Cowdery]; Docket Entry, Judgment, 27 Oct. 1837 [Eaton v. JS and O. Cowdery].

Docket Entry, Costs, ca. 27 Oct. 1837 [Eaton v. JS and O. Cowdery]

JS left Kirtland on 12 January and arrived in Far West on 14 March. (See Revelation, 12 Jan. 1838–C; and JS Journal, Mar.–Sept. 1838, 16.)

Application for Bankruptcy, ca. 14–16 April 1842, in JSP, D9:364–369.

JSP, D9 / Smith, Alex D., Christian K. Heimburger, and Christopher James Blythe, eds. Documents, Volume 9: December 1841–April 1842. Vol. 9 of the Documents series of The Joseph Smith Papers, edited by Matthew C. Godfrey, R. Eric Smith, Matthew J. Grow, and Ronald K. Esplin. Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2019.