Letter of Introduction from Matthew Pine for Harrison Kimball, 4 May 1844
Letter of Introduction from Matthew Pine for Harrison Kimball, 4 May 1844
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Matthew Pine, Letter of Introduction, , St. Louis Co., MO, to JS, , Hancock Co., IL, for Harrison Kimball, 4 May 1844; handwriting and signature presumably of Matthew Pine; one page, JS Collection, CHL. Includes address and docket.
Bifolium of blue paper measuring 9¾ × 7¾ inches (25 × 20 cm). Each page is ruled with twenty-nine horizontal lines printed in blue ink. The letter was inscribed on the recto of the first leaf. The verso of the first leaf and recto of the second leaf are blank. The bifolium was trifolded twice in letter style and addressed. It was later refolded and docketed for filing.
The document was docketed by , who served as JS’s scribe from 1843 to 1844 and as clerk to the church historian and recorder from 1845 to 1865. The document was listed in an inventory that was produced by the Church Historian’s Office (later Church Historical Department) circa 1904. By 1973 the document had been included in the JS Collection at the Church Historical Department (now CHL). The document’s early docket, its listing in a circa 1904 inventory, and its later inclusion in the JS Collection indicate continuous institutional custody.
Footnotes
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Jessee, “Writing of Joseph Smith’s History,” 456, 458; Woodruff, Journal, 22 Jan. 1865.
Jessee, Dean C. “The Writing of Joseph Smith’s History.” BYU Studies 11 (Summer 1971): 439–473.
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
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“Letters to and from the Prophet,” ca. 1904, [4], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.
Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
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See the full bibliographic entry for JS Collection, 1827–1844, in the CHL catalog.
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
On 4 May 1844, Matthew Pine wrote a letter introducing Harrison Kimball to JS in , Illinois. Pine, who was presumably a resident acquainted with JS, wrote on behalf of Kimball, who intended to move to Nauvoo, and gave the letter to Kimball. It is unknown precisely when Kimball delivered the letter to JS, but he moved to Nauvoo by mid-June. Nauvoo postmaster included Kimball’s name in a list of Nauvoo residents in a 15 June 1844 letter to the editor that was printed in the Nauvoo Neighbor. By October 1844, Kimball had a store in Nauvoo that sold cloth and linens. JS evidently retained the letter after Kimball delivered it.
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