[Joseph Smith Diary] ... 3 1/2 P.M. the Mayor [Joseph Smith] burned $23 of city scrip on the stove hearth and while burning said so may all uncurrent and unsound money go down as this burns. Said he would pay no taxes on Hotchkiss purchase ...
[Source: Faulring, Scott (ed.), An American Prophet's Record: The Diaries and Journals of Joseph Smith: Joseph Smith Diary, 1842-43, http://amzn.to/jsdiaries]
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