Wilford Woodruff records hearing Joseph address the Church on the temporal business of the Church; notes that Joseph and Sidney Rigdon "bought the [Bank of] Monroe charter" for the Kirtland Bank.

Date
Jan 31, 1837
Type
Personal Journal / Diary
Source
Wilford Woodruff
LDS
Hearsay
Holograph
Direct
Reference

Wilford Woodruff, Journal, January 31, 1837, The Wilford Woodruff Papers website, accessed May 7, 2024

Scribe/Publisher
Wilford Woodruff
People
Sidney Rigdon, Wilford Woodruff, Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
N/A
Transcription

31st Met in the house of the Lord at 10 oclock AM & herd an address from President's J. Smith jr & S Rigdon on the temporal business of the Church & Petitioned for a charter to the Assembly of the state for the Kirtland Safety Society & the presidency of the Church bought the Monroe charter & we all lent a hand in esstablishing it that it might be benificial to us in forwarding the building of the temporal Kingdom

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