I'm assuming that when you talk about "promptly misplaced the paper"
Yeah, we lost the paper, plain and simple. It got filed in the wrong place and while we were cleaning out the file cabinet it was found.
You should download Bitcoin Core (do not launch it)
I had already guessed that I should get the Core so about three hours and twenty minutes ago I downloaded it and started it. It's just about at twelve percent. Should I shut it down, uninstall it and reinstall it, then open Armory?