Footnotes
See Thomas Ford, Letter, Springfield, IL, 29 Jan. 1844, Collection of Manuscripts about Mormons, 1832–1954, Chicago History Museum; and Editorial, 16–17 Feb. 1844.
Chicago Historical Society, Collection of Manuscripts about Mormons, 1832–1954. Microfilm. CHL. MS 8136.
Masthead, Warsaw (IL) Signal, 1 Oct. 1842, [1]; Mott, “Thomas Gregg,” 267.
Warsaw Message. Warsaw, IL. 1843–1844.
Mott, David C. “Thomas Gregg, Local Historian and Author.” Annals of Iowa 14, no. 4 (Spring 1924): 263–271.
“Valedictory,” and “Proposals for Resuscitating the Warsaw Signal,” Warsaw (IL) Message, Second Edition, 7 Feb. 1844, [1], [3]; Masthead, Warsaw (IL) Signal, 14 Feb. 1844, [1]. At this time, JS would have known that the paper’s name would soon be reverting to Warsaw Signal, as the Message gave notice of the pending change in editorship and name in its 31 January 1844 issue. (“To the Reader,” Warsaw [IL] Message, 31 Jan. 1844, [2].)
Warsaw Message. Warsaw, IL. 1843–1844.
See, for example, “Meeting at Green Plains,” Warsaw (IL) Message, 3 Jan. 1844, [2]; “Great Excitement at Carthage,” Warsaw Message, 10 Jan. 1844, [2]; and “The Question of Compromise,” and “Meeting of Citizens at Carthage,” Warsaw Message, 17 Jan. 1844, [1], [2]–[3].
Warsaw Message. Warsaw, IL. 1843–1844.
“A Word of Parting to Brother Joe,” Warsaw (IL) Message, Second Edition, 7 Feb. 1844, [1].
Warsaw Message. Warsaw, IL. 1843–1844.
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See Pope, Essay on Man, epistle 4, line 194.
Pope, Alexander. The Major Works. Edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.
In his 29 January 1844 letter—published in Nauvoo and Warsaw papers—Ford urged Nauvoo citizens and their enemies in the area to “be aware of carrying matters to extremity.” He warned that if the situation escalated to war, he would have to interfere “against those who shall be the first transgressors.” (Thomas Ford, Letter, Springfield, IL, 29 Jan. 1844, Collection of Manuscripts about Mormons, 1832–1954, Chicago History Museum.)
Chicago Historical Society, Collection of Manuscripts about Mormons, 1832–1954. Microfilm. CHL. MS 8136.
The document was possibly dated 19 February 1844.
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