Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
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Historian’s Office, martyrdom account; handwriting of Jonathan Grimshaw, , and ; 76 pages plus several inserted pages; CHL.
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See Historical Introduction to Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft.
to the writ, but for fear of his life if he went to , and therefore <he had> agreed <preferred> to go before Esq. , <a gentleman <of high legal attainments> who is in no way connected with the Mormon Church.> go on prairie to Appenoose [blank] that he had sent <frequent> expresses and letters to the <; <that> Dr. , Dr. & Mr also wrote <had written> letters to the ;> wrote <that he had written> another letter to the <which was sent on the 15th June,> by . <Wrote <that he had written> again on the 16th June enclosing affidavits and> sent <them by Messrs. > and <& .> <He also alluded to <read>> ’s certificate <of the proceedings of the mob at > <also to his <his>> Proclamation<, and his orders> of <as> Lieutenant General to , <and the proceedings of the City Council of , and copies of communications forwarded to . *> <* Also his letter of the 21 June which was sent by & Mr , and his letter of the 22nd which was sent by and .>
Marshal <> explained [blank] about <giving passes to persons going in and out of the city> passes [blank] and <denied that any> arrests <had been made.> Marshalled the [blank] had no power any thing further [blank] brought here . [blank] acted on the State of the <, and referred to the> trial before <, which did not satisfy the feeling of the people in & about .> <The> thought <admitted that> sufficient time had not been allowed by the posse <for the Defendants> to get ready <or to gather their witnesses, and it> can be very safely admitted that your statements are true [blank]<, and> was satisfied now they <that the people of > had <acted according to the best of their judgement> <it was very evident from the excitement created by his <Mr. Smith’s> enemies>
<> said <that> it would have been unsafe for Joseph <him> to come <to , for under such circumstances he could not have had an impartial trial.> The <said <he>> came here to enforce the laws on all <the> people <whether Mormons or not> <and> [p. 32]
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All insertions on this page are in the handwriting of Jonathan Grimshaw.
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TEXT: This asterisk is keyed to a second asterisk in the left margin, indicating that the text written sideways in the margin should be included here.
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