Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846

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Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
6 May 1845 • Tuesday, continued Page 1 10 May 1845 • Saturday Page 4 9 September 1845 • Tuesday Page 13 30 September 1845 • Tuesday Page 33 4 October 1845 • Saturday Page 42 11 January 1846 • Sunday Page 85 13 January 1846 • Tuesday Page 109
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See source note under Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845.
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further violence, and that you be permitted to depart in peace next spring.
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Anti-Mormon representatives from the surrounding counties met in Carthage on 1 and 2 October 1845 to discuss the state of affairs in Hancock County and the Mormon offer to leave the state. The convention approved a number of resolutions echoing the earlier resolutions made in Quincy (reproduced below in this entry) and stated that it was “too late to attempt the settlement of the difficulties in Hancock county upon any other basis than that of the removal of the Mormons from the State.” Accordingly, the convention accepted Young’s 24 September offer to leave the state in the spring. (“Carthage Convention,” Quincy [IL] Whig, 15 Oct. 1845, [1].)
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Quincy Whig. Quincy, IL. 1838–1856.

We are convinced that affairs have reached such a crisis that it has become impossible for your church to remain in peace in this
county
Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ...
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After what has been said and written by yourselves, it will be confidently expected by us and the whole community that you will remove from the
State
Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri...
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with your whole church in the manner you have agreed in your statement to us. Should you not do so we are satisfied, however much we may deprecate violence and bloodshed, that voilent measures will be resorted to, to compel your removal, which will result in most disastrous consequences to yourselves [p. [47]]
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Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
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Anti-Mormon representatives from the surrounding counties met in Carthage on 1 and 2 October 1845 to discuss the state of affairs in Hancock County and the Mormon offer to leave the state. The convention approved a number of resolutions echoing the earlier resolutions made in Quincy (reproduced below in this entry) and stated that it was “too late to attempt the settlement of the difficulties in Hancock county upon any other basis than that of the removal of the Mormons from the State.” Accordingly, the convention accepted Young’s 24 September offer to leave the state in the spring. (“Carthage Convention,” Quincy [IL] Whig, 15 Oct. 1845, [1].)
Quincy Whig. Quincy, IL. 1838–1856.