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History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
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Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
<June 16> Judge wrote by express from at 10 P.M., that Governor had told him, that he was going to issue a writ for me on a requisition of the Governor of and that it would start to morrow. [HC 5:433]
<I copy from the Neighbor the following>
<“At the very moment when a spirit of toleration seemed to influence the feelings of society throughout the civilized world, we regret to perceive that the tribunals of the Pope, are, in June 1843, receiving at Rome and Ancona the very worst proscriptions of that fell and sanguinary institute, the Inquisition, as will be seen by a perusal of the following document. “We, Fra Vincenzo Salina, of the order of Predicatori, Master in Theology, General Inquisitor in Ancona Sinigaglia, Jesi, Osimo, Cingoli, Macerata, Tolentino, Loreto, Recanati, and other towns and districts, &c. It being deemed necessary to revive the full observance of the disciplinary laws, relative to the Israelites residing within our jurisdiction, and having hitherto without effect employed prayers and exhortations to obtain obedience to those laws in the Ghetti’ (Jewries) of Ancona and Sinigaglia, authorized by the dispatch of the Sacred and Supreme Inquisition of Rome, dated June 10th., 1843, expressly enjoining and commanding the observance of the decrees and pontifical constitutions, especially in respect to Christian nurses and domestic servants, or to the sale of property either in town of country districts, purchased and possessed previously to 1827, as well as subsequently to that period, we decree as follows -[see next margin]->
<1. From the interval of two months after the date of this day, all Gipsy and Christian domestics, male and female, whether employed by day or by night must be dismissed from service in the said two Ghetti; and all Jews residing within our jurisdiction are expressly prohibited from employing any Christian nurse, or availing themselves of the service of any Christian in any domestic occupation whatever, under pain of being immediately punished according to the pontifical constitutions.>
<2. That all Jews, who may possess property, either in town or country, permanent or movable, or rents or interests, or any right involving shares in funded property, or leased landed property, must, within the term of three months from this day dispose of it by a positive and real, and not by any pretended or fictitious contract. Should this not be done within the time specified, the Holy office is to sell the same by public auction, on proof of the annual harvest being got in. >
<3. That no Hebrew nurses, and still less any Hebrew family, shall inhabit the city, or reside in or remove their property into, any town or district where there is no Ghetto (place or residence for Jews) and that such as may actually be there in conformacy to the laws, must return to their respective Ghetto within the peremptory period of six [HC 5:434] months, otherwise they will be proceeded against according to the tenor of the law.>
<4. That, especially in any city where there is a Ghetto, no Hebrew must presume to associate at table with Christians, either in public houses or ordinaries, out of the Ghetto.>
<5. That in a City which has a Ghetto, no Hebrew shall sleep out of the Israelite quarter, nor make free to enter into familiar conversation in a Christian House.>
<6. That no Hebrew shall take the liberty, under any pretext whatever to induce Male Christians, and still less female Christians to sleep within the boundaries of the Ghetto.>
<7. That no Hebrews shall hire Christians, even only by the day, to work in their houses in the Ghetto.>
<8. That no Hebrew either male or female, shall frequent the houses of Christians, or maintain friendly relations with Christian men or women.>
<9. That the laws shall remain in force respecting the decorum to be observed by the Hebrews who may absent themselves from their Ghetto to travel in other parts of the state.>
<After laying down these monstrous rescripts, which we had hoped even the Romish Church would not have attempted to revive, and still less reclothe with authority, and arm with tremendous pains and penalties. The savage order is issued that these intolerant laws shall be read in each of the Jewish Synogogues. It is added They who violate the above articles, will incur some or all of the penalties prescribed in the edicts of the Holy Inquisition.”>
<17> The “Maid of ” went to with the Temple hands on a pleasure excursion; while there the Steamer Shockoquon came to port with many citizens from when Elder delivered a lecture.
<18> Meeting at the preached in the fore part of the day to the edification of the Saints. The Sacrament was administered in the afternoon.
’ message arrived early in the evening when my sent and as fast as possible to inform me. had $250. and borrowed $200. [HC 5:435] they left about 12½ at night and proceeded for .
Elder writes that he and , have been preaching in , and since 4 September 1842, have 32, and many more are convinced of the truth of the work, and that they are continuing their labors.
<19> The Laborers held a meeting in the , to investigate the price and principles of labor.
and arrived at at Sunrise, tarried about two hours to get a horse shod and take breakfast; started again at 7 for where they arrived at 3 P.M. put up their horses to feed and rest; they took Dinner and slept till 7, when they started again and rode till midnight. When the horses being tired and weary, they turned them <out to feed>, and they themselves lay down to sleep about 2 hours, when they again resumed their journey, and rode one mile North of Hendersonville, where they stopt to feed their horses.
<20> About 7½ A.M. again started on their journey and arrived at Andover about 10 A.M. they turned out their Horses to graze in the Woods for about half an hour, when they proceeded to Gennesseo where they arrived at 2½ p.m. tried to hire a pair of horses to continue the journey, but did not succeed. they left Gennesseo at 6 p.m. and travelled to Portland, where they arrived at 12, put up their horses and went to bed until 4 a.m.
The following appears in the Nauvoo Neighbor and serves to illustrate the benefit of chartered rights in
“ Sir In obedience to the call made in your paper for information in relation to the affairs of the Agricultural and Manufacturing Associa[HC 5:436]tion of this : I give you such facts as I think will be satisfactory. [p. 1579]
