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Appendix 5, Document 4. Draft Notes, 1844

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Willard Richards

24 June 1804–11 Mar. 1854. Teacher, lecturer, doctor, clerk, printer, editor, postmaster. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Moved to Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 1813; to Chatham, Columbia Co...

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Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Hancock Co., IL], [May] 1844; handwriting of
Willard Richards

24 June 1804–11 Mar. 1854. Teacher, lecturer, doctor, clerk, printer, editor, postmaster. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Moved to Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 1813; to Chatham, Columbia Co...

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; two pages; JS Office Papers, 1835–1844, CHL.
Willard Richards

24 June 1804–11 Mar. 1854. Teacher, lecturer, doctor, clerk, printer, editor, postmaster. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Moved to Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 1813; to Chatham, Columbia Co...

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penciled notes of Joseph Smith’s interview with some representatives of the Sauk and Fox tribe on a test print page of a
habeas corpus

“Have the body”; a written order from a court of competent jurisdiction commanding anyone having a person in custody to produce such person at a certain time and place and to state the reasons why he or she is being held in custody. The court will determine...

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Historical Introduction

See Appendix 5: Willard Richards, Draft Notes of Joseph Smith’s Activities, 1842, 1844, Introduction.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Account of Meeting, 23 May 1844

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TEXT: A numeral “2” designates this the second column on the page.


Notices fridly [friendly] & with white men, as gr[ea]t men as ever lived on the
river

Principal U.S. river running southward from Itasca Lake, Minnesota, to Gulf of Mexico. Covered 3,160-mile course, 1839 (now about 2,350 miles). Drains about 1,100,000 square miles. Steamboat travel on Mississippi very important in 1830s and 1840s for shipping...

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.— on
Des Moines

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— 20 y[ear]s 6 000, small nation— 3 towns— 2 men not over yeteday [yesterday]—— thy also about big spi[r]it we have possession the land Nepope— prinipll [principal] men here with frnshp [friendship] with all men kind— chiefs done wrong— in selling best country Black hawk Brother— Maquishis— Sac nation <​Right​> worshippd on this piece ground,— when His come first inhabited by by french—— Now amercns & english— Maquihis— very frindly— some ye[a]rs Mis & fox, talk great Deel with big spirit—
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TEXT: A numeral “3” designates this the third column on the page.


diffe[re]nt colour— no diffnc [difference] to good men Mis
4

TEXT: “Mis” is double underlined.


worshippd big spir[i]t— has worshippd on this piece Land English on the river & much people very very fri[en]dly— English people som[e] had goods— drove out a tribe was on the
river

Principal U.S. river running southward from Itasca Lake, Minnesota, to Gulf of Mexico. Covered 3,160-mile course, 1839 (now about 2,350 miles). Drains about 1,100,000 square miles. Steamboat travel on Mississippi very important in 1830s and 1840s for shipping...

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seen a great deal pleasure on this ground.— best country fathe[r]s had seen.—— father of the 2 old men— preacher wantd Joseph as good a man—— 2 nations Brothr, Joseph talk 2 gr[ea]t big God [2 words illegible] wear Lots, white— people Eng. Frnch Indians all brothrs,— card for any-thing for something to eat [illegible]
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TEXT: Possibly “naked & hungry”.


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Appendix 5, Document 4. Draft Notes, 1844
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  1. [2]

    TEXT: A numeral “2” designates this the second column on the page.

  2. [3]

    TEXT: A numeral “3” designates this the third column on the page.

  3. [4]

    TEXT: “Mis” is double underlined.

  4. [5]

    TEXT: Possibly “naked & hungry”.

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