[Kimball, Heber Chase] Charter member of and owned stock in Kirtland Safety Society January 1837. (1)
[Knight, Vinson] Charter member of and owned stock in Kirtland Safety Society January 1837. Participated in dedication of Kirtland Temple. (1)
[Smith, William B] Charter member of Kirtland Safety Society January 1837. (1)
[Snow, Erastus] Charter member of and owned stock in Kirtland Safety Society January 1837. (1)
[Whitney, Newel Kimball] Charter member of Kirtland Safety Society January 1837. (1)
[Young, Brigham] Charter member of and owned stock in Kirtland Safety Society January 1837. (1)
-- (Wed) Feb 1, 1837
KSS bank notes were being exchanged at 12 1/2 cents on the dollar. If about $10,000 of the notes issued in January were still in circulation at this time, their combined face value was about $1,250. [Dale W. Adams; BYU Studies Vol. 23, No. 4, pg.472; and Marvin S. Hill, C. Keith Rooker, Larry T. Wimmer, BYU Studies, Vol. 17, No. 4, p.445-449. (2)
The publication of the 2nd edition of the Book of Mormon was completed. Printing of the book had been carried out during the winter of 1836-1837. (2)
-- Feb 1, 1837
O. Cowdery and Company is dissolved and the assets transferred to Joseph Smith Jr. and Sidney Rigdon. Warren A. Cowdery becomes their agent and editor of the Messenger and Advocate. (3)
The publishing firm of Oliver Cowdery & Co. was dissolved and its printing office was turned over to Joseph Smith, Jr. and Sidney Rigdon. Oliver's Brother Warren remained as manager of the printing office, the book-bindery and the editor of the Messenger and Advocate. (4)
-- (Thr) Feb 2, 1837
A writ was issued for the arrest of Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon. upon complaint of Samuel D. Rounds, a front man for Grandison Newell. The complaint accused Smith and Rigdon of engaging in illegal banking and of issuing unauthorized bank notes. [Dale W. Adams; BYU Studies Vol. 23, No. 4, pg.472.] (2)
Following the publication of the 2nd edition of the Book of Mormon, Oliver Cowdery retired as editor of the LDS Messenger and Advocate and sold his share in the Church's printing business to Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon. As cash was very scarce in Kirtland at this time, Cowdery probably accepted a signed promissory note or nearly worthless KSS bills in this transaction. His brother, Warren Cowdery replaced him as editor of the LDS newspaper. (2)
-- (Fri) Feb 3, 1837
At about this time Joseph and Hyrum Smith (most likely in company with Oliver Cowdery) left Kirtland for Monroe, MI. In leaving town at this time, Smith no doubt managed to avoid being served with the arrest writ issued on Feb. 2, 1837, thus buying himself some time before having to appear in court to face illegal banking charges. It is possible that he thought by his purchasing a controlling interest in the chartered Bank of Monroe he could avoid conviction on the illegal banking charges -- or, at least continue the Mormons' banking operations under the auspices of the Monroe firm. (2)
Footnotes:
1 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
2 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
3 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
4 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Oliver Cowdery Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/Cdychrn1.htm
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