January 2, 1837

Kirtland, Ohio
Bank of Geauga v. Smith, Whitney, and Rigdon. Joseph Smith, Newel K. Whitney, and Sidney Rigdon obtained a loan for $3,000 from the Bank of Geauga and gave the bank a promissory note stating that they would return ("pay jointly and severally") the money "forty five days after date" at the Bank House in Painesville, Ohio.
Sources: 
LDS Church Archives, Joseph Smith Legal Papers series 
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