thousand Dollars worth of land, most of which was entered and paid for at the land offices of the <​in the State of ​>. yet <​And​> although the of the has been made acquainted with these facts and the particulars of our persecutions & oppressions by Petition to him and to Congress, yet <​but​> <​yet​> they have not as yet <​even​> attempted to restore the Mormons to their rights, or given any assurance that we may hereafter expect redress from them— And I do also know most positively & assuredly that my brother Joseph Smith Senr. has not been in the state of since the spring of the year 1839. And further this saith not—