Lyman Wight, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason]
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, Testimony, , Hancock Co., IL, 1 July 1843, Extradition of JS for Treason (Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court 1843). Copied [between 3 and 6 July 1843]; handwriting of unidentified scribe; signature of ; docket by , [, Hancock Co., IL], ca. [6] July 1843; notation by , ca. [6] July 1843; thirty-two pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL.
at this time waist deep and the mob burnt the house and every thing they had in it and passing the ruins thereof seemed fired with indignation at their hellish conduct <&> said he had hitherto <thought> it imprudent to call upon the militia under s <my> command in consequence of popular opinion but he now considered it no more than Justice that <I should> have command of his <my> own Troops “& <said to me,> “I therefore command you forthwith, To raise your companies immediately and take such course as you may deem best in order To disperse the mob from this ” <I then> called out 60 men and placed them under the command of Capt. , <& <I> also> took about the same number was ordered to where a party of the mob was <were> located, <& I> to where another party was located. <I> & formed the troops under their <our> command and addressed them as follows “Gentlemen I deplore your situation I regret that Transactions of this nature should have transpired in our once happy your condition is certainly not an enviable one surrounded by mobs <on> one side and popular opinion <&> prejudice [p. 16]