Single leaf measuring 9¾ × 7¾ inches (25 × 20 cm). The leaf was torn along the left side of the recto, possibly from a bifolium. Following this copy of the petition is a copy of JS’s subsequent military order to ; both were inscribed on the recto in the handwriting of . The document was later trifolded and docketed for filing.

The leaf was docketed, noting the presence of both copied documents, by , who served as JS’s scribe from December 1841 until JS’s death in June 1844 and served as church historian from December 1842 until his own death in March 1854. The Church Historical Department (now CHL) published a register of the JS Collection in 1973. Between 1974 and 1984, staff continued to locate documents authored by or directed to JS in uncataloged church financial records and in name and subject files. The department also acquired additional JS documents from donors, collectors, and dealers. These newly located and acquired documents were kept together in a supplement to the JS Collection. A preliminary inventory of the supplement was created in 1992. This group of records was named the JS Collection (Supplement), 1833–1844, and its cataloging was finalized in 2017. The document’s early docket and its later inclusion in the JS Collection (Supplement) suggest continuous institutional custody.