Contents: Mr. ...[?] ... I was authorized by Reynolds Cahoon to dispose of the right for using the patent washing machine in the County of Portage Mr. Cahoon informed me that there was a machine left with you in pawn that belonged to him which he wished me to take and pay you your due from him ---As I have sold the above territory to Mr. Burk you will oblige me if you will let him have the machine by his paying the amount your due from Mr. Cahoon --- [Signature]

Personal property and chattel taxes, totalling $3.97 and 8 mills, paid to Treasurer's Office, Geauga County, Ohio, for the year 1828. The taxes were for three lots, comprising lots 17, 18, and 5, each located within range 9, town 9, tract 1. The names on the document are illegible, one appears to be "Holmes."

A single listing probably to the account of A. S. [Algernon Sidney] Gilbert for lumber purchased or sold by the business. It appears on the document with other arithmetic calculations written in monetary units on the reverse side. Notations record the sawing of two types of lumber, including 2747 feet of w w[?] and 1188 feet of oak. This could have been lumber purchased from Gilbert by Burk or an associate of Burk's. [Gilbert bought and sold property and was a merchant or store proprietor in Painesville, Ohio and later with Newell K. Whitney in Kirtland. --See: My servant Algernon Sidney Gilbert, by Geraldine H. Bangerter and Susan E. Black]

Personal property and chattel taxes of $1.60 and 2 mills paid to Treasurer's Office, Geauga County, Ohio, for the year 1829, by John Burk. The tax was paid on lot 17 of range 9, town 9, tract 1. Arithmetic calculations written on the reverse side.

Sale of property located in Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, from Asa and Nancy Webster to John M. Burk. The transaction included $10 paid for one and one half acres of property described as township 9, range 9, tract 1, lot 4. The deed was recorded Aug. 12, 1831. Includes photocopy of the title side of the deed.

Sale of property within Kirtland, Ohio, by Nathan P. and Hannah Goodell to John M. Burk. This transaction included $200 paid for three acres of property described as township 9, range 9, tract 1, lot 17. The deed was recorded by the county on 18 October, 1831. This document appears to have been separated in half.

Sale or transfer of property within Kirtland, Ohio, by Platt Card, his wife B. A. M. Card, and Orin and Mary Holmes to John M. Burk. The sale for $1 was for property listed as township 9, range 9, lot 18. It had been previously deeded to the above named people by Josiah and Mary Jones from a deed dated Sept. 28, 1822. This latest transaction was recorded by the county on 13 Apr. 1832.

Contents: "Behold thus saith the Lord by the voice of the spirit it is wisdom in me that my servant John Burk David Eliot Erastus Babit should take their journey this fall to the land of Zion. Given Aug. 31, 1831 by Joseph the Seer." In the handwriting of John Whitmer. Includes envelope container (of later date) for the manuscript with the word "revelation" written on the front. [Apparent reference to D&C 63:41, revelation dated Aug. 1831, pertaining to those to be chosen by the Prophet Joseph Smith to go to the land of Zion]

Declaration of membership and license for John M. Burk written "to the Church of Christ" with proof of ordination to the office of deacon. In the handwriting, including the signature, of Oliver Cowdery.