History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
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History draft; handwriting of ; 71 pages; CHL. This manuscript covers the period from 6 August 1838 to 30 December 1839.
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
The The Testimony presetd the committee of invstigatin before refered to was the orders—s Report. & the report of the exparte trial at . and a lot of papers sign[e]d by no-body. Giv[e]n to no-body, & directed to no-body, any contain[in]g anything <> our enemies were disposed to write. The High X (H.C. 175, 6) Clerk, High
<26 * See margin—> <* 26— having returne[d] to made report of his proce[e]dings to <when> the on the 26. voted that thy were satisfi[e]d with his procedings.>
< whippd> <27:> Thurday 27[th]. (X Call’s paper p 2) <Mention[e]d,>
aftre [after] much legislation (# ap 49, 50 subject,
after (ap 50) alive.—’
<2000 dollars> The appropriated 2000 dolla[r]s, to be distributed among the poor Mormons, Judge Camaron, Mc.Henry and others were to attended to the distribution, Judge Camaron would drive in the brethren’s hogs, (Many of which were identified,) and shoot them down in the streets, and without further bleeding, & a half dressing— they were cut up, & distributed by Mc Henry, to the poor, at a charge of 4 or 5 cts per lb, which together with a few pieces of refuse goods such as coleiaces [calicoes], at double & treble price soon consum[e]d the 2000 dollars, doing the <brethen> very little good, or in reality none, as their the property destroyed by them, was equal to what they gave <the> .
The disgraceful proceedings of the Legislature X (Pratt 110) liberties
Some time during their Session the Legislatu[r]e approp[r]iated $200.000 dollars, to pay the troops for driving the Saints out of the . Many of the State journals tried to hide the iniquity of the # (<Pratts> 110, 111,) hid.
<*, X, see page 42> <*— see P— 42—> We were sometimes (# T, & S, 6, 7) disgusting.
Thus in a land of Libirty, in the Town of , Clay Co Mo, I. and my fellow prisone[r]s, in chains. dunge[o]ns & jail Saw the close of 1838.
1839 [p. 41]
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See 26 Dec. 1838 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 876.
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TEXT: This asterisk corresponds with a second asterisk in the left margin, indicating that the text following the second asterisk should be inserted here.
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See 27 Dec. 1838 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 876.
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TEXT: The asterisk and “X” symbol correspond to similar symbols on page 42, indicating that the text between those symbols should be inserted here. Since the text on page 42 was crossed out, these notations were also crossed out.
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TEXT: This asterisk corresponds to another asterisk on page 42, indicating that the text following the asterisk on page 42 should be inserted here.
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