Writings

Joseph Smith dictated a letter to the Twelve Apostles on missions in Great Britain. Joseph expressed his pleasure at the spread of truth throughout England and agreed with their request to return in the spring.

Joseph Smith dictated a letter to Oliver Granger, the Church's agent at Kirtland. Under the impression that Granger was planning to return to Nauvoo in fall 1840, Almon Babbitt had been called to preside over the stake at Kirtland. If Granger's letters making his intentions known had been delivered to the Prophet promptly, Granger would likely have been called to preside over the Kirtland stake.

Joseph Smith dictated a letter to Oliver Granger, his agent in Kirtland, Ohio, expressing his eagerness to have "matters which concern the First Presidency settled as soon as possible."

Joseph Smith dictated a letter to Smith Tuttle of New Haven, Connecticut. Tuttle was a land speculator who, along with Horace R. Hotchkiss and John Gilbert, had owned the largest section of land upon which Nauvoo was being built. The Church had obtained 500 acres from these men in August 1839.