Having consulted with the brethren in Michigan and Vermont, the two States from which there had been the strongest moral and financial support, on his return to Rochester on August 30 James White was prepared to make the announcement of what seemed to be the consensus of opinion. He did so in early September under the title of “The Office“: 1BIO 319.4
We are happy to say that the brethren in Michigan cheerfully take upon themselves the responsibilities of the Review office. They will probably move it to that State this fall. Brethren in Vermont are willing and ready to do the same, but regard Michigan to be more the center of the future field of labor, and are willing that the press should be established in that State. 1BIO 319.5
The Review will probably be issued weekly after the press shall be established at Battle Creek, Michigan. It will be our duty and privilege to be freed from the office at present, at least. God has raised up others who are better able to conduct the Review, and bear these burdens, than we are.—Ibid., September 4, 1855 1BIO 319.6