On 13 July 1842, attorney wrote a letter to JS at the request of members and to report that JS did not need to fear extradition to . Miller and Derby had stopped in , Illinois, on their way to , Missouri, where they were going to consult with Missouri governor about JS’s possible extradition from Illinois. Having been arrested in 1841 in connection with a Missouri extradition attempt, JS was apprehensive about the possibility of being taken back to that state, even though the 1841 attempt was ultimately unsuccessful. He had earlier inquired of Illinois governor to learn whether the governor would protect him from being kidnapped and taken to Missouri. Carlin had informed JS in a 30 June 1842 letter that “as all men were held amenable to the laws, so in like manner the rights of all would be protected.” However, Carlin also implied that he considered himself duty-bound to comply with extradition requests. Carlin’s letter raised JS’s concerns—as did a published threat from former Latter-day Saint that he would deliver JS “up to justice, or die in the attempt,” along with a reported plot between Bennett and and of , Iowa Territory, to kidnap JS and take him to Missouri—so JS had sent Miller and Derby to consult with Illinois and Missouri government officials.

’s letter also commented on the legal services he was providing to JS and other church members in filing bankruptcy claims. Warren, who practiced law in , stated that he was enclosing six notices that he wanted JS to have printed in the Wasp. Given the lack of postal markings, the letter and notices were apparently hand delivered to JS. It probably took a few days for the letter to travel the approximately fifty miles from Quincy to , Illinois. Although no reply from JS to Warren is extant, notices for several bankruptcy cases appeared in the 16 July 1842 issue of the Wasp, indicating that JS had received the letter and the enclosures by that time and that he had arranged for the requested notices to be printed.