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Kirtland Safety Society
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What was the purpose of the Kirtland Safety Society?
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- Question: What was the Kirtland Safety Society "anti-bank"?
- Question: What is the timeline of the Kirtland Safety Society?
- Question: Was are the terms and definitions related to banking in the 1800s?
- Question: What were banks like at the time that the Kirtland Safety Society was established?
- Question: Why were properties in the name of Joseph Smith?
- Question: Did Joseph Smith personally profit from the Kirtland Safety Society?
- R. McKay White, "The Kirtland Safety Society"
The failure of the Kirtland Safety Society
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- Question: Was the Kirtland Safety Society a "wildcat bank"?
- Question: Was the establishment of the Kirtland Safety Society "anti-bank" illegal?
- Question: Did Joseph Smith mislead investors in the Kirtland Safety Society by collecting boxes full of sand with money placed on top, in order to make it appear that the bank had more hard money than it did?
- Question: Was Warren Parrish signing new notes for the Kirland Safety Society even after the bank had fallen into difficulty?
- Question: Did Joseph Smith claim at one time that Kirtland Safety Society notes would be "as good as gold"?
- Question: Did Joseph Smith claim that the Kirtland Safety Society was established by a revelation from God?
- R. McKay White, "The Kirtland Safety Society"