Invitation to Nauvoo Legion Officers and Wives, 28 April 1842, as Published in Wasp
Source Note
JS and , Invitation, [, Hancock Co., IL], to Nauvoo Legion officers and wives, [, Hancock Co., IL], 28 Apr. 1842. Version published [ca. 30 Apr. 1842] in “7th of May Dinner,” Wasp, 30 Apr. 1842, [3].
General Joseph Smtih [Smith], and present their compliments to the Officers (and their respective Ladies) of the Consolidated General Staff of the Nauvoo Legion;—that is to say,— his personal Staff,—’s Staff, including the Band.—’s Staff,—and ’s Staff;—and respectfully solicit their company at a repast Militaire, at his quarters, on the 7th day of May, proximo, at 1 o’clock, P. M.
has been ordered to issue a programma of the operations, and field exercises, of the day, which will appear in ample from, and in due season.