Summons, 18 March 1839 [Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al.]
Source Note
, Summons, to Sheriff [Samuel Hadley], for , JS, and , , Caldwell Co., MO, 18 Mar. 1839, Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al. (Caldwell Co., MO, Circuit Court 1839). Copied 8 Jan. 1842 in Transcript of Proceedings, 7–8, 11–12; handwriting of Elliot Roberts; certified by Elliot Roberts, 8 Jan. 1842; certified by , 28 Feb. 1842; Letters Related to George Boosinger, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. Includes seals.
The State of To the Sheriff of Greeting You are hereby commanded to sumsons [summon] , Joseph Smith Junr. and that they be and appear before the Judge of of our Circuit Court to be held in the town of on the second monday in July next to answer unto in an action of debt by petition and have you then and there this writ. Witness Clerk of said court with LS the seal thereof affixed at this 18th day of March 1839
Clerk
[. . .]
I executed the within petition & writ of summons by reading the same to Joseph Smith Jr & in on the 6th day of April 1839. the within named [p. 7]
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