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Editorial, 16–17 February 1844, William W. Phelps Draft

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JS, Editorial, [
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, 16–17 Feb. 1844]. Version drafted [17 Feb. 1844]; handwriting of
William W. Phelps

17 Feb. 1792–7 Mar. 1872. Writer, teacher, printer, newspaper editor, publisher, postmaster, lawyer. Born at Hanover, Morris Co., New Jersey. Son of Enon Phelps and Mehitabel Goldsmith. Moved to Homer, Cortland Co., New York, 1800. Married Sally Waterman,...

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; docket and notation in handwriting of
Thomas Bullock

23 Dec. 1816–10 Feb. 1885. Farmer, excise officer, secretary, clerk. Born in Leek, Staffordshire, England. Son of Thomas Bullock and Mary Hall. Married Henrietta Rushton, 25 June 1838. Moved to Ardee, Co. Louth, Ireland, Nov. 1839; to Isle of Anglesey, Aug...

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; seven pages; JS Collection, CHL.

Historical Introduction

See Historical Introduction to Editorial, 16–17 Feb. 1844.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Editorial, 16–17 February 1844

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he fails the law urges him; or should he do too much the same master rebukes him. Should reason, liberty, law, light, and philanthropy now guide the destinies of
Hancock County

Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ...

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with as much sincerity as has been manifested for her notoriety, or welfare; there can be no doubt, that peace, prosperity and happiness will prevail, and that future generations, as well as the present, one, will call
Governor Ford

5 Dec. 1800–3 Nov. 1850. Schoolteacher, newspaperman, lawyer, politician, judge, author. Born in Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Robert Ford and Elizabeth Logue Forquer. Moved to St. Louis, 1804; to New Design (later American Bottom), Randolph...

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a peace-maker.
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The
Latter day Saints

The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...

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will, at all events, and profit by the instruction; and call upon all honest men to help them cherish all the love; all the friendship; all the Courtesy; all the kindly feelings; and all the generosity that ought to characterizeclever people, in in a clever neighborhood. and leave candid men to judge which trees bear <​exhibit signs​> the best fruit, the one with the most clubs and sticks thrown into its boughs. and the grass trodden down under it, or the one with no sticks in it, some dead limbs, and rank grass growing under it— for by these [p. [6]]
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Editorial, 16–17 February 1844, William W. Phelps Draft
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