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Footnotehttp://olivercowdery.com/texts/1851Trn1.htm#p017a “In 1823 …Oliver Cowdery, (who has been the pioneer printer in at least a half dozen localities,) took a part of the old battered “small pica” that had been used in printing the Lockport Observatory, and adding...

Footnotehttp://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/IL/mischig.htm Alvin Smith, Joseph’s oldest brother who died in 1823, also traveled west. Dr. John Stafford recalled that “A son, Alvin, went out West in search of wealth, but was unsuccessful and in a short time returned.”...

FootnoteBefore 1831, the current city of Kirtland was called “Kirtland Mills”. The name “Kirtland” referred to Kirtland tract, OH, near Bainbridge, OH.

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FootnoteDencey’s account was recorded in a letter to the editor of the New Northwest, Portland, Oregon, Thurs., September 9, 1880. The letter is from Orrin Parsons Henry, Dencey’s son, and reads as follows: “We are in receipt of a letter from Mr. O. P. Henry, an...