Footnotes
See John S. Fullmer, [Nauvoo, IL], to George D. Fullmer, Nashville, TN, 28 Mar. 1841, in Fullmer, Letterbook, 124; Letter to Smith Tuttle, 9 Oct. 1841; and JS, Nauvoo, IL, to Isaac Galland, [Keokuk, Iowa Territory], 17 Jan. 1842, JS Collection, CHL.
Fullmer, John S. Letterbook, 1836–1881. John S. Fullmer Journal and Letterbook, 1836–1881. CHL.
Andrus and Fuller, Register of the Newel Kimball Whitney Papers, 24.
Andrus, Hyrum L., and Chris Fuller, comp. Register of the Newel Kimball Whitney Papers. Provo, UT: Division of Archives and Manuscripts, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, 1978.
Footnotes
Extant deeds reveal that the property was deeded from Peirce to Almon Babbitt in March 1841 and then from Babbitt to Isaac Galland the next month.a Galland purchased Peirce’s land in Chester County, Pennsylvania, as a part of the church’s effort to offer land deeds to Horace Hotchkiss as payment for land church leaders had purchased in the Commerce area of Illinois.b The 28 February 1842 entry in JS’s journal recorded that Peirce was paid $2,700, “the balance due him for a farm Dr Galland Bought of Bro Peirce.”c The note from JS promising payment to Peirce is no longer extant but likely would have resembled a bond received by Henry Kern. That bond was for a similar transaction made around the same time, also through Galland, who was acting as agent for JS.d
(aChester Co., PA, Deeds, 1688–1903, vol. U-4, pp. 82–83, 185–187, microfilm 557,205, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. bSee Authorization for Hyrum Smith and Isaac Galland, 15 Feb. 1841. cJS, Journal, 28 Feb. 1842. dSee JS et al., Bond, Nauvoo, IL, to Henry Kern, Bart Township, PA, 6 Apr. 1841, JS Collection, CHL.)U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Although Peirce’s neighbors in Pennsylvania apparently doubted that JS would honor the notes that Peirce had received from Galland, Peirce later confirmed that the notes were indeed honored. (Robert Peirce, Nauvoo, IL, to JS, Nauvoo, IL, 28 Feb. 1842, in Times and Seasons, 1 Mar. 1842, 3:715.)
JS and Emma Smith, Deed, Hancock Co., IL, to William Gheen, Chester Co., PA, 18 Sept. 1841; JS and Emma Smith, Deed, Hancock Co., IL, to Edward Hunter, Chester Co., PA, 18 Sept. 1841; JS and Edward Hunter, Agreement, Nauvoo, IL, 18 Sept. 1841, Edward Hunter, Collection, CHL. JS’s negotiations with Peirce and Hunter continued into the next year. (See Letter from Edward Hunter, 27 Oct. 1841; and Robert Peirce, Nauvoo, IL, to JS, Nauvoo, IL, 28 Feb. 1842, in Times and Seasons, 1 Mar. 1842, 3:715.)