Capias ad Respondendum, 25 Oct. 1837 [Bailey & Reynolds v. Rigdon et al.]; see also Statement of Account from John Howden, 29 Mar. 1838; and Introduction to Boynton and Hyde v. JS.

The dry goods store was located at 125 Pearl Street in New York City. The court transcript identified Reynolds as Henry J. Reynolds, while the New York directory listed him as Henry H. Reynolds. (Longworth’s American Almanac, 70, 517; Williams, New-York Annual Register, 506; Capias ad Respondendum, 25 Oct. 1837 [Bailey & Reynolds v. Rigdon et al.].)

Longworth’s American Almanac, New-York Register, and City Directory, of the Sixty-Second Year of American Independence. . . . New York: Thomas Longworth, 1837.

Williams, Edwin. New-York Annual Register for the Year of Our Lord 1836. Containing an Almanac, Civil and Judicial List; with Political, Statistical and Other Information, respecting the State of New-York and the United States. New York: Edwin Williams, 1836.

Capias ad Respondendum, 25 Oct. 1837 [Bailey & Reynolds v. Rigdon et al.]; Docket Entry, Costs, ca. 3 Apr. 1838 [Bailey & Reynolds v. Rigdon et al.]. During the October term of the court of common pleas, Ray Boynton and Harry Hyde, to whom Howden had transferred the other $825 promissory note signed by Rigdon, JS, and their associates, also commenced an action to recover the debt owed to them. (See Introduction to Boynton and Hyde v. JS.)

Capias ad Respondendum, 25 Oct. 1837 [Bailey & Reynolds v. Rigdon et al.]. JS, Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith had left Kirtland Township, Ohio, to travel to Far West, Missouri, in late September 1837 to meet with the Latter-day Saints there and transact church business. (See Historical Introduction to Minutes, 6 Nov. 1837; and Historical Introduction to Travel Account and Questions, Nov. 1837.)

Transcript of Proceedings, ca. 3 Apr. 1838 [Bailey & Reynolds v. Rigdon et al.]. The settlement was likely arranged by church agent Oliver Granger, who had taken responsibility for repaying JS’s debts to merchants in Ohio and New York after JS and Rigdon moved from Kirtland in January 1838. (See Historical Introduction to Statement of Account from John Howden, 29 Mar. 1838; Historical Introduction to Revelation, 8 July 1838–E [D&C 117]; Historical Introduction to Letter of Introduction from John Howden, 27 Oct. 1838; and Historical Introduction to Revelation, 12 Jan. 1838–C.)

See Docket Entry, Costs, ca. 3 Apr. 1838 [Bailey & Reynolds v. Rigdon et al.]; and Docket Entry, Discontinuance, 4 June 1838 [Bailey & Reynolds v. Rigdon et al.].