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	Kirtland Temple - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kirtland Temple is a registered National Historic Landmark in Kirtland, Ohio, USA, on the eastern edge of the Cleveland metropolitan area.
		In 1837, he became involved with the foundation of a bank known as the Kirtland Safety Society.
		The Kirtland Temple continues to be used as a place of worship and education.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kirtland_Temple (581 words)

	Kirtland Safety Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kirtland Safety Society (KSS) was a quasi-bank organized in 1836 (and reorganized on January 2, 1837) by leaders and followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
		Critics have charged that the KSS was engaged in illegal, unethical or fraudulant actions nearly from its formation, while others contend such charges are at best inflated and at worse baseless.
		Under the advice of non-Mormon legal counsel, the Kirtland Safety Society Anti-Banking Company (KSSABC) was formed under revised articles on January 2, 1837 as a joint stock company to serve as a quasi-banking institution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kirtland_Safety_Society (1585 words)

	Encyclopedia topic: Kirtland Safety Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		According to KSS' 1837 "Articles of Agreement", it was intended to serve the banking needs of the growing Mormon (The ancient prophet whose writings were revealed to Joseph Smith who founded the Mormon Church) community in Kirtland, Ohio (additional info and facts about Kirtland, Ohio).
		Critics have charged that the KSS was engaged in illegal, unethical or fraud (Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person) ulant actions nearly from its formation, while others contend such charges are at best inflated and at worse baseless.
		Under the advice of non-Mormon legal counsel, the Kirtland Safety Society Anti-Banking Company (KSSABC) was formed under revised articles on January 2, 1837 as a joint stock company (additional info and facts about joint stock company) to serve as a quasi-banking institution.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ki/kirtland_safety_society.htm (1660 words)

	Our History - Kirtland
		Kirtland was the hub for missionary activity from 1831-1837.
		The Kirtland Temple, the "House of the Lord," was a significant spiritual and economic resource.
		The main floor of the Kirtland Temple was used for various services of worship, and the second floor was a school for the ministry.
	www.cofchrist.org /history/kirtland.asp (563 words)

	1837 Chronology
		Kirtland high council meets to try President Frederick G. Williams, President David Whitmer, Apostles Parley P. Pratt (h) and Lyman E. Johnson, and Warren Parrish, a seventy.
		Kirtland conference sustains Joseph as president of the whole church, with Sidney Rigdon and Frederick G. Williams as counselors, and Oliver Cowdery, Joseph Smith Sr., and Hyrum Smith as assistant counselors.
		Kirtland Bishop Newel K. Whitney and counselors Reynolds Cahoon and Vinson Knight write to the Saints scattered abroad pleading for donations.
	www.saintswithouthalos.com /c/1837.phtml (2078 words)

	Church History Volume 2, Chapter 5
		The capital stock of said society or firm shall not be less than four millions of dollars; to be divided into shares of fifty dollars each; and may be increased to any amount, at the discretion of the managers.
		All notes given by said society, shall be signed by the Treasurer and Secretary thereof, and we, the individual members of said firm, hereby hold ourselves bound for the redemption of all such notes.
		As early as May, 1837, there was a spirit of speculation in Kirtland, affecting, among others, some of the leading men of the church; and it is possible that under this influence some of them, including some of those connected with the bank, did things of questionable propriety and honesty.
	www.centerplace.org /history/ch/v2ch05.htm (2889 words)

	Mormon Biographical Registers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Tried before Kirtland high council 19 August 1835 for not keeping Word of Wisdom and for stating that Book of Mormon not essential to salvation of Saints but that Bible was only scripture of their faith.
		Was baptized in Kirtland on Nov. 15, 1830, and was ordained a deacon in Oct. 1831.
		Assisted in the migration of the Kirtland Camp to Missouri in 1838.
	byustudies.byu.edu /index/MBRegisters.asp?alpha=B (7956 words)

	Cornelius Lott
		Living in Kirtland, with the main body of the Saints, and participating in the Social and the religious activities of the people, in comparison, had been but dreams, now was much appreciated.
		Kir.tland, Ohio was designated as headquarters of the Church, and as many of the members as could, gathered there.
		They stopped and a public meeting was held in the Kirtland Camp in the forenoon and a Sacrament meeting was held in the afternoon, then they rested so they would be ready to resume their journey.
	www.geocities.com /phillott/CORNELIUS.htm (4517 words)

	The Story of the Mormons: From the Date of their Origin to the Year 1901 - Chapter V
		Later enterprises at Kirtland, undertaken under the auspices of the church, included a steam sawmill and a tannery, both of which were losing concerns.
		Kirtland was laid out (on paper) with 32 streets, cutting one another at right angles, each four rods wide.
		A Mormon named Burgess had gone to Kirtland with a story about a large amount of money that was buried in the cellar of a house in Salem which had belonged to a widow, and the location of which he alone knew.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/relg/historygeography/TheStoryoftheMormonsFromtheDateoftheirOrigintotheYear1901/chap18.html (2674 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Pres. Hinckley lauds rebirth of Kirtland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		KIRTLAND, Ohio — The multimillion-dollar restoration of buildings that played a major role in the early days of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints entails much more than re-creating a historic village, church President Gordon B. Hinckley said Saturday in Kirtland.
		Thousands of early church members were persecuted and several church leaders apostatized following the collapse of the Kirtland Safety Society, a short-lived bank established by church founder Joseph Smith in 1837 that was felled by a national financial panic.
		Also revealed in Kirtland was an expansion on the Christian doctrine of life after death, he said, giving Latter-day Saints a "gospel grammar" that sees death not as "an exclamation point or even a period.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,505033987,00.html (720 words)

	LDSGetaway.com :: L.D.S. Family Travels: Kirtland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kirtland, sometimes called the “City of Faith and Beauty,” lies about 22 miles east of Cleveland in the northeast corner of Ohio.
		The Kirtland Temple stands majestically atop the hill as a reminder of the sacrifices made by the early Saints while constructing this important edifice.
		On January 2, 1837, the Kirtland Safety Society was organized with Sidney Rigdon serving as chairman and Warren Parrish as secretary (HC 2:470).
	www.ldspro.com /ldsgetaway/docs/ft/030530kirtland.asp (3886 words)

	The Kirtland Temple, Kirtland Ohio.
		Parkin, Max H. Conflict at Kirtland: The Nature and Causes of Internal and External Conflict of the Mormons in Ohio between 1830 and 1838.
		Partridge, Scott H. "The Failure of the Kirtland Safety Society." BYU Studies 12 (Summer 1972): 437-54.
		Romig, Ron E. and Siebert John H. "The Genesis of Zion and Kirtland and the Concept of Temples." In Marjorie B. Troeh, ed.
	www.kirtlandtemple.org /biblio.htm (3357 words)

	Kirtland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When the Pioneers migrated to the Great Basin area 10 years later a number of Kirtland Safety Society Bank notes that were retained by the Church were reissued and resigned.
		This type of Kirtlands were known as "Resigned Kirtlands" because the First Presidency of the Church at that time affixed their signatures to the 10 year old notes to revalidate them.
		The Kirtland Period of the Church produced the first Mormon Money, thanks to the creation by the Church of the Kirtland Safety Society Bank.
	www.mormonmoney.com /Kirtland.htm (184 words)

	Mormon Biographical Registers
		A Kirtland, Ohio, blessing stated that none "surpass him in understanding pertaining to architecture," and that he would "build the house of the Lord in Zion." Directed later stages of construction of the Kirtland Temple.
		A Kirtland, Ohio blessing said "there are none that surpass him in understanding pertaining to architecture," and that he would "build the house of the Lord in Zion." Directed later stages of construction of the Kirtland Temple.
		Married Almira Mack, a cousin of Joseph Smith the Prophet, in Kirtland, Ohio, 1836.
	smithinstitute.byu.edu /resources/register/siMBRegisters.asp?alpha=C (7451 words)

	Joseph Smith's Kirtland Bank Failure
		They had gathered to Kirtland at his command; the idea of purchasing housing lots in the great subdivision scheme had his full support; he had inferred that the bank would not only succeed, but would one day be the most powerful institution of its kind....the Church populace was genuinely disillusioned when the bank failed.
		"The State legislature refused the Kirtland Safety Society its charter upon which the name of the bank was changed to Kirtland Anti-Banking Society....Joseph and Sidney Rigdon were tried in court for violating the law, were found guilty and fined $1,000.
		They appealed on the grounds that the institution was an association and not a bank; the plea was never ruled upon as the bank suspended payments and closed its doors.
	www.utlm.org /onlineresources/josephsmithsbank.htm (1085 words)

	The Story of the Church - The Panic of 1837
		At a meeting of January 2, 1837, the Kirtland Safety Society was formed as contemplated, not as a bank, but to all intents and purposes doing the business of a bank.
		The Kirtland Bank was organized in November, 1836, and by the close of the next month the decline had begun.
		Even the church leaders who had engaged in the Kirtland Banking Association found their lives scarcely safe on the street, so great was the wrath of some of their brethren.
	www.centerplace.org /history/misc/soc/soc27.htm (1606 words)

	On Kirtland, Ohio
		Kirtland was founded in 1811 and is named after Turhand Kirtland an early (pre-Mormon) settler.
		In November 1836 the Prophet created the Kirtland Safety Society Bank as part of a strategy to retire $13,000 still owed on the Temple and $6,000 owed from the explusions in Missouri.
		Of the 136 sections in the DandC, 65 of them (48%) were given in Kirtland (46) or nearby (19).
	members.aol.com /acadac/talks/k-ohio.htm (554 words)

	History of the Church : Kirtland Era, 1831–38: LDSFAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hyde was a likely choice because he was a Whig, the party which the three local state legislators belonged, even though the Kirtland populace appears to have been overwhelmingly Democractic at the time.
		Even without a charter, the Safety Society founders proceeded to organize an "anti-bank." A second attempt to obtain a charter was made in February 1837.
		This study concludes that too much time has been spent evaluating the individuals involved in the Kirtland Bank and that these events must be viewed in historical context.
	ldsfaq.byu.edu /view.asp?q=312 (304 words)

	The Five Sons of Jared and Charity Pratt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kirtland was a base for William, Parley, and Orson for the next few years.
		By October 1836, the new couple were in Kirtland where Orson farmed, worked as a merchant, invested in the Kirtland Safety Society, taught grammar and Hebrew in the schools, and taught himself algebra and astronomy.
		The apostasy that swept Kirtland in the wake of the Safety Society's failure shook Orson's faith; he filed a certificate of extortion against Joseph Smith and moved his family to New York, near Sarah's parents.
	jared.pratt-family.org /histories/fivesons.htm (3399 words)

	Did Joseph Plot to Murder Grandison Newell? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Among non-Mormons of the Kirtland period, Joseph Smith's arch-enemy was Grandison Newell.
		The Kirtland Safety Society Anti-Banking Company was also referred to by its original name, the Kirtland Safety Society, and described as a mutual stock association, firm, company, and bank.
		I attend the trial and took down the evidence, but was much surprised to find that no testimony appeared, on which, any reliance could be placed, that went in the least degree to crimination the respondent, but rather to raise him in the estimation of men and candor.
	www.jfs.saintswithouthalos.com /arts/gn.htm (1232 words)

	The Watchman Expositor: Disguising the Divide
		In December of 1830 they made the first move to Kirtland, Ohio (now a suburb of Cleveland), This move was not prompted by persecution.
		It was his plan to provide an honest and fair method of savings for his people, but the little bank was hit hard by national depression and panic and by the fraud of a trusted friend, whom the Prophet had made the cashier of the bank.
		The above description of events in Kirtland in connection with the Kirtland Safety Society is a portrait very sympathetic to Joseph Smith, and still it does not indicate that religious persecution drove the Mormons out of the area.
	www.watchman.org /lds/disguisingthedivide.htm (3966 words)

	History of the Church : Kirtland Era, 1831–38: LDSFAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The 1972 discovery of the stock ledger book of the Kirtland Safety Society helps to answer questions about the Society, but it does not reveal why the Society ultimately failed.
		The ledger disproves the allegations of fraud on the part of Church leaders in Kirtland who had allegedly destroyed the ledger to hide the evidence of their evil.
		Paul Sampson, "The Kirtland Safety Society: The Stock Ledger Book and the Bank Failure [1838]," BYU Studies 12, no. 4 (1972): 427–36.
	ldsfaq.byu.edu /view.asp?q=313 (294 words)

	A Comparison of the LDS Articles of Faith with the Bible - Part 7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Of all the early Mormon leaders, the inability to abide by the law of the land is best seen in the case of Joseph Smith.
		Historians have noted however, that the reason the charter was denied is due to the fact that "there is no evidence to sustain the idea that it was even asked to grant one.
		Be that as it may, Joseph Smith and other LDS leaders decided to defy the state legislature, start their own bank (naming it the Kirtland Safety Society Antibanking Company) and print their own currency.
	www.concernedchristians.org /nocomparison_dc9.php (901 words)

	BYU Studies-Products Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The argument over the Kirtland Safety Society is typical of historical discussions in which much is made about the “facts” of a situation.
		It is as if the truth were somewhere “out there” and if we could somehow manage to separate fact from opinion, we would know what really happened.
		The purpose of this paper is to reexamine the story of the Kirtland Safety Society.
	byustudies.byu.edu /productitem.asp?id=655&type=7 (123 words)

	History of the Church : Kirtland Era, 1831–38: LDSFAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He tells of visiting the temple, and later, in great detail, of receiving his washings and anointings and being present for many meetings in the temple where the power of God was manifest.
		He writes of the organization and ordination of the quorums of Seventy and of the foundation of the Kirtland Safety Society.
		He ends the account with his leaving both Kirtland and his new bride to go on a mission to the eastern United States.
	ldsfaq.byu.edu /view.asp?q=226 (312 words)

	Crisis at Kirtland: Episode 4 Sec. 2
		Warren Parrish, a clerk at the Kirtland Safety Society Bank, testified only that he heard Grandison Newell's name mentioned several times at the bank.
		Hyde testified that he had been at the Kirtland Safety Society Bank one day and had heard people speculating that suit might be brought against the bank, and Mr.
		As the Kirtland Mormons were block-voting Democrats, Bissell and Perkins were their natural poltical allies.
	olivercowdery.com /hurlbut/SCrisis2.htm (1892 words)

	Zebedee Coltrin, General Authority
		When it was determined that he had previously been ordained a High Priest he was released as president and member of the First Quorum of Seventy 6 April 1837 and the vacancy caused thereby in the Council of Seventies was filled April 6, 1837, when Daniel S. Miles was chosen to succeed him.
		In 1836 he attended the School of Elders in Kirtland and was priviledged to attend the dedication of the Kirtland Temple in 1836.
		He was a charter member of, and owned stock in, the Kirtland Safety Society in 1837.
	www.gapages.com /coltrz1.htm (618 words)

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