January 23, 1844
Nuavoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith instructed William Clayton to prepare final accounting to the Probate Justice of the Peace in order to transfer the Lawrence guardianship to John Taylor. On the same day Articles of Agreement to effect the transfer were prepared, but never signed by Joseph Smith or Taylor.
Sources:
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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