While dated in light of the more recent research of Elizabeth Kuehn and Mark Lyman Staker, Wade Englund had a good response to chapter 35 of the Tanners’ Mormonism: Shadow or Reality? on the topic of the Kirtland Bank (""Speculation, Illegal Banking and Counterfeiting"). Here are the links:
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35 "Speculation, Illegal Banking and Counterfeiting"
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#1 of Chapter 35 Speculation?
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#2 of Chapter 35 The Kirtland Bank/Disaster?
