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