Coun. suggested the propriety of leaving one of the printing presses here, After a short conversation on the subject.
The moved that a press be left in s charge, and that he edits the paper. carried unanimously.
Coun. suggested the propr[i]ety of having an Agent appointed to take charge of the property in the East part of the .
The did not think it necessary to appoint an agency there.
A conversation then ensued relative to collecting the public arms belonging to the Legion, and orders given by the to have them collected forthwith. After which a conversation followed in regard to selling one of our public buildings to [p. [107]]
On 25 February 1846 Babbitt and William E. Matlack, a sympathetic non-Mormon printer, issued a prospectus for a new weekly newspaper edited by Matlack titled the Hancock Eagle. The Eagle began regular publication in April 1846. (Almon Babbitt, Nauvoo, IL, to Brigham Young, “Camp of Israel,” 14 Mar. 1846; William E. Matlack, Nauvoo, IL, to Brigham Young, “Camp of Israel,” 19 Mar. 1846, Brigham Young Office Files, CHL; Prospectus of the Hancock Eagle [Nauvoo, IL: 25 Feb. 1846], copy at CHL; William E. Matlack, “Prospectus of the Hancock Eagle,” Hancock Eagle [Nauvoo, IL], 3 Apr. 1846, [1]–[2].)
Brigham Young Office Files, 1832–1878. CHL. CR 1234 1.
Prospectus of the Hancock Eagle. Nauvoo, IL: 25 Feb. 1846. Copy at CHL.