History draft; handwriting of Jonathan Grimshaw, , , James Ure, and Robert L. Campbell; 76 numbered pages plus several inserted pages; CHL. This manuscript covers the period from 1 January 1844 to 21 June 1844.
<I directed to remain in the & take affidavits of the Men who are constantly coming in with News of the movements of the Mob— and preserve copies to forward to the >
Thus it appears that the District Court does not question <acknowledges> the legality <jurisdiction> of our <the> Municipal Court <of > in trying <the merits of> writs of .
The mob is still increasing in numbers at , and other places.
It is reported that & have laid a plan to burn the of the Nauvoo Neighbor this night; I therefore stationed a strong police round the premises, and throughout the .
The captain of the Steamer Osprey called on me. <*> <next line> I closed the issuing of orders about 12 at night, ready to retire to rest. Pleasant night.
<*> About 11 P M a negro came into my office with an open letter, without any date or name, and said that gave it to him at , to give . In that letter said that and swore with <in> my present <presence> that they would Kill him () in two days; and that there was a man in would swear he had heard them say so at my house.
I received the following:— “We the undersigned (see file) of .”
To refute the lying slanders of the Warsaw Signal as published in the proceedings of a meeting held at on the 13th. inst. I insert the following certificate:— “To the Public (copy from Extra <page 238 Neighbor> <file extra>) .”
A Nauvoo Neighbor was Extra was issued, with the following editorial:— “To the Public. (see file printed copy) forbid it.”
& sat up all last night writing for an <the> proceedings of the City Council for the press. [p. 64]