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Receipt from Horace Hotchkiss and Others, 28 February 1842

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Horace Hotchkiss

15 Apr. 1799–21 Apr. 1849. Merchant, land speculator. Born in East Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Heman Hotchkiss and Elizabeth Rowe. Moved to New Haven, New Haven Co., by 1815. Married Charlotte Austin Street, 22 Feb. 1824, in East Haven. Purchased...

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,
Smith Tuttle

12 Mar. 1795–7 Mar. 1865. Shipping merchant, land speculator. Born in East Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Christopher Tuttle and Abigail Luddington. Moved to Wallingford, New Haven Co., by 1810. Married first Rachel Gillett. Married second Amarilla...

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, and
John Gillet

2 Aug. 1796–17 July 1848. Likely born in Connecticut. Son of Benoni Gillett and Phoebe Dean. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, by May 1837. In Aug. 1839, with land-speculating partners Horace Hotchkiss and Smith Tuttle, sold land in...

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, Receipt,
Fair Haven

Village in south-central Connecticut, located on Quinnipiac River. Population in 1853 about 3,000.

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, New Haven Co., CT, to
James Ivins

22 Mar. 1797–3 Apr. 1877. Farmer. Born in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Son of Israel Ivins and Margaret Woodward. Married Mary Schenk. Presumably baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co....

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[agent], [on behalf of JS], 28 Feb. 1842; handwriting of
Horace Hotchkiss

15 Apr. 1799–21 Apr. 1849. Merchant, land speculator. Born in East Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Heman Hotchkiss and Elizabeth Rowe. Moved to New Haven, New Haven Co., by 1815. Married Charlotte Austin Street, 22 Feb. 1824, in East Haven. Purchased...

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; signatures of
Horace Hotchkiss

15 Apr. 1799–21 Apr. 1849. Merchant, land speculator. Born in East Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Heman Hotchkiss and Elizabeth Rowe. Moved to New Haven, New Haven Co., by 1815. Married Charlotte Austin Street, 22 Feb. 1824, in East Haven. Purchased...

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and
Smith Tuttle

12 Mar. 1795–7 Mar. 1865. Shipping merchant, land speculator. Born in East Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Christopher Tuttle and Abigail Luddington. Moved to Wallingford, New Haven Co., by 1810. Married first Rachel Gillett. Married second Amarilla...

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and signature of
John Gillet

2 Aug. 1796–17 July 1848. Likely born in Connecticut. Son of Benoni Gillett and Phoebe Dean. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, by May 1837. In Aug. 1839, with land-speculating partners Horace Hotchkiss and Smith Tuttle, sold land in...

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by
Smith Tuttle

12 Mar. 1795–7 Mar. 1865. Shipping merchant, land speculator. Born in East Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Christopher Tuttle and Abigail Luddington. Moved to Wallingford, New Haven Co., by 1810. Married first Rachel Gillett. Married second Amarilla...

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; acknowledged by Lawrence Chamberlain; one page; JS Collection, CHL. Includes docket.
Single leaf measuring 8½ × 8¾ inches (22 × 22 cm). The receipt was inscribed on one side of the paper; the verso is blank. The receipt was folded in different ways at various times.
The document was docketed in graphite by an unidentified scribe: “Recpt from | Hotchkiss | for property for J◊◊◊ Ivin.” By 1973 the document had been included in the JS Collection at the Church Historical Department (now CHL).
1

See the full bibliographic entry for JS Collection, 1827–1844, in the CHL catalog.


The document’s docket and inclusion in the JS Collection by 1973 suggest continuous institutional custody.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    See the full bibliographic entry for JS Collection, 1827–1844, in the CHL catalog.

Historical Introduction

On 28 February 1842
Horace Hotchkiss

15 Apr. 1799–21 Apr. 1849. Merchant, land speculator. Born in East Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Heman Hotchkiss and Elizabeth Rowe. Moved to New Haven, New Haven Co., by 1815. Married Charlotte Austin Street, 22 Feb. 1824, in East Haven. Purchased...

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signed a receipt for land received from
James Ivins

22 Mar. 1797–3 Apr. 1877. Farmer. Born in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Son of Israel Ivins and Margaret Woodward. Married Mary Schenk. Presumably baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co....

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. In late September or early October 1841, Hotchkiss met with Ivins in
New Jersey

Located in northeast region of U.S. First European settlements made by Dutch, Swedes, and English, early 1600s. Admitted to U.S. as state, Dec. 1787. Population in 1830 about 321,000. Population in 1840 about 373,000. First Latter-day Saint missionaries preached...

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, at which time Ivins, acting as an
agent

A specific church office and, more generally, someone “entrusted with the business of another.” Agents in the church assisted other ecclesiastical officers, especially the bishop in his oversight of the church’s temporal affairs. A May 1831 revelation instructed...

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for the
church

The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...

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, offered to sell Hotchkiss 140 acres of timbered land and the “
Tavern Stand at Cooks Mills

Located in Cookstown, southwest of New Egypt, New Jersey. Tavern stand and associated mills owned by Charles and James Ivins until at least 1833, when Ivins brothers sold mills. Tavern stand sold to Horace Hotchkiss against debt from Nauvoo-area land purchase...

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belonging to the Church,” properties located in
Burlington County

Located in central New Jersey; bordered by Delaware River to northwest and Atlantic Ocean to southeast. Mount Holly established as county seat, 1793. Population in 1830 about 32,000. Population in 1850 about 43,000.

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, New Jersey.
1

Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 11 Oct. 1841.


Hotchkiss wrote to JS on 11 October offering $3,000 for the property, provided that the purchase amount be applied to $6,000 in interest the church then owed Hotchkiss and his business partners,
Smith Tuttle

12 Mar. 1795–7 Mar. 1865. Shipping merchant, land speculator. Born in East Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Christopher Tuttle and Abigail Luddington. Moved to Wallingford, New Haven Co., by 1810. Married first Rachel Gillett. Married second Amarilla...

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and
John Gillet

2 Aug. 1796–17 July 1848. Likely born in Connecticut. Son of Benoni Gillett and Phoebe Dean. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, by May 1837. In Aug. 1839, with land-speculating partners Horace Hotchkiss and Smith Tuttle, sold land in...

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, for selling the church a large tract of land in the
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Illinois, area in August 1839.
2

See Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 13 Sept. 1841; and Bond from Horace Hotchkiss, 12 Aug. 1839–A.


JS counteroffered to sell the land for $3,200, and Hotchkiss accepted in a letter dated 30 December 1841.
3

Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 10 Dec. 1841; Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 30 Dec. 1841.


Hotchkiss wrote to JS again on 7 February 1842, reiterating his desire to purchase the land and requesting that JS prompt Ivins to complete the transaction as quickly as possible.
4

Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 7 Feb. 1842.


JS did not receive Hotchkiss’s letter until early March, by which time the sale had already taken place.
5

Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 10 Mar. 1842.


Footnotes

  1. [1]

    Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 11 Oct. 1841.

  2. [2]

    See Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 13 Sept. 1841; and Bond from Horace Hotchkiss, 12 Aug. 1839–A.

  3. [3]

    Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 10 Dec. 1841; Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 30 Dec. 1841.

  4. [4]

    Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 7 Feb. 1842.

  5. [5]

    Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 10 Mar. 1842.

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Receipt from Horace Hotchkiss and Others, 28 February 1842
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