Footnotes
Minutes, 17 July 1840; “Books!!!,” Times and Seasons, July 1840, 1:140.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Ebenezer Robinson, “Items of Personal History of the Editor,” Return, May 1890, 260–262; see also Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:129–132.
The Return. Davis City, IA, 1889–1891; Richmond, MO, 1892–1893; Davis City, 1895–1896; Denver, 1898; Independence, MO, 1899–1900.
Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.
Page similarly praised Robinson’s efforts in his letter of the same date: “He merits the esteem and confidence of the saints and all good men for his diligence and economy while getting the Book of Mormon stereotyped &c.” (Letter from John E. Page, 23 Sept. 1840.)
Decades later, Robinson recounted that when he returned to Nauvoo he brought with him “several fonts of type, and material for a stereotype foundary and book-bindery, and a winter’s supply of news and book paper” that he had purchased from various suppliers in Ohio. Robinson bought some materials with cash and some on credit, which he reported paying in full within the allotted time. (Ebenezer Robinson, “Items of Personal History of the Editor,” Return, May 1890, 261–262.)
The Return. Davis City, IA, 1889–1891; Richmond, MO, 1892–1893; Davis City, 1895–1896; Denver, 1898; Independence, MO, 1899–1900.
Page had been in Cincinnati since at least the “latter part of August,” when he and Orson Hyde parted ways while in the city. Page wrote on 23 September that he had baptized thirteen people since his arrival and that “many are believing.” (Letter from Orson Hyde, 28 Sept. 1840; Letter from John E. Page, 23 Sept. 1840.)
In his 23 September letter, Page wrote to JS and the church members in Nauvoo that he intended to depart for Philadelphia “as soon as possible.” (Letter from John E. Page, 23 Sept. 1840.)