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Historian’s Office, martyrdom account; handwriting of Jonathan Grimshaw, , and ; 76 pages plus several inserted pages; CHL.
For more information on the History Drafts, see Introduction to History Drafts, 1844–1856.
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See Historical Introduction to Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft.
passed the jail going to probably with ’s letter.
1¼ p.m. Joseph, , and dined in their room. and dined below.
1½ p.m. < was taken sick when Joseph said as you have a pass <from > to go in & out of the Jail, go and get the a Pipe and some Tobacco to settle his Stomach, and> went <out> after a pipe <for them.> <x>
3¼ p. m. The guard have been <began to be> more severe in their operations [blank] threatening among themselves, or <and> telling what they would do when the war <excitement> was over.
One <of them said he> would sell his farm and move out of the State <of > if Smith staid.
sung <the following,> “A poor wayfaring man of grief.”
<When he got through, Joseph requested him to sing it again, which he did.> <-[insert in full.]-> read <extracts> from Josephus.
4 P. M. Changed <The> guard <was again changed.> A guard of only eight men was <being> stationed at the Jail, whilst the rest <main body> of the Carthage Greys were in camp at <about> a quarter of a mile distant on the public square.
4¼ Joseph commenced conversing with the guard about , < & > , &c <others of his persecutors.> [p. 59]
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TEXT: Wafer residue in the top left corner of this page indicates there may have been a slip of paper attached, possibly with text replacing the following stricken text.
Insertion in the handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
Insertion in the handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
Insertion in the handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
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TEXT: Thomas Bullock inserted an “x” here which corresponds to a similar “x” on an attached slip of paper, indicating that the text on the attached slip should be inserted here.