History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]

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I ordered directed the to make <​out​> a transcript of the proceedings before the Municipal Court <​to forward to the ​> & to which be attached the following certificate “I Clerk (<​see 54a​> Copy to)
he also made a transcript of the ordinances relating to & attached the following Certificate “I (Copy to)
[illegible] which documents were delivered to my Lawyers with instructions to see immediately—
<​leave 12 lines blank​> (see page 52)
<​Note to be supplied by about Indians​>
 
3 July 1843 • Monday, continued
<​July 3​> Another copy of the to the , against him <​his​> sending an armed force, was made out & taken to the Porch of the where it was signed in the course of the day by about 900 persons & it was also sent to the this evening
4 July 1843 • Tuesday
<​July 4​> about 1 a m Messrs. Walker <​​>, , , & , started for , carrying with them the Affidavits & Petition, & proceedings before <​the doings of​> the Municipal Court
At a very early hour people began to assemble at the , & at 11 o clock near 13,000 persons had congregated, who were addressed in a very able & appropriate manner by , who has recently been appointed on a Mission to , Russia— A constant accession of members swelled the Cong[regatio]n. to 15,000 as near as could be estimated. At 2 p m they were again addressed by Elder <​on the sec redemption​> in a masterly discourse, when I made some remarks of which the following was reported by Elder (see Sermon book page 19 20 21)
<​Three Steamers arrived in the afternoon, one from , one from & one from , bringing from 800 to 1000 Strangers <​Ladies & Gent[leme]n.;​> on the arrival of each boat, the people were escorted by the Nauvoo band, & the escort Companies, to convenient seats provided for them & were welcomed by the firing of Cannon <​*​> <​(see below)​>​>
The multitude of Strangers gave great attention & much prejudice seemed to be removed—
a collection was taken in the morning to assist El. to fin build his house——
and in the afternoon on his own responsibility, proposed a collection to assist me in bearing the expenses of my persecution
The meeting closed about 7 p m The day was pleasant & Sky clear & nothing tended to disturb the peace.
<​* which brought to our minds the last words of the Patriot Jefferson “Let this day be celebrated by the firing of Cannon &c” the Visitors & Saints appeared to be highly gratified— the d​>
I extract from the Quincy Whig (see <​Vol 4​> Star page 9<​3​>) “I left (to)
5 July 1843 • Wednesday
<​5​> I called in the & heard the testimony of my brother before the Municipal Court, read, by
& returned from , found but little excitement there, wrote a special <​piece.​> for <​the​> paper <​in my defence & the justice of the decision of the municipal court.​> Remainder of the day <​I was​> at home.
6 July 1843 • Thursday
<​6​> I remained at home all day.
wrote the following letter “Executive (Copy) & endorsed on the back of it, “ (Copy) ” & delivered the same to him <​should th [illegible] to RLC [Robert L. Campbell]​> [5 lines blank] [p. 54]
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⊕ I directed the to make a transcript of the proceedings before the Municipal Court to forward to the & to which be attached the following certificate “I Clerk (see 54a Copy to)
he also made a transcript of the ordinances relating to & attached the following Certificate “I (Copy to)
which documents were delivered to my Lawyers with instructions to see immediately—
leave 12 lines blank (see page 52)
Note to be supplied by about Indians
 
3 July 1843 • Monday, continued
July 3 Another copy of the to the , against his sending an armed force, was made out & taken to the Porch of the where it was signed in the course of the day by about 900 persons
4 July 1843 • Tuesday
July 4 about 1 a m Messrs. , , , & , started for , carrying with them the Affidavits Petition, & the doings of the Municipal Court
At a very early hour people began to assemble at the , & at 11 o clock near 13,000 persons had congregated, who were addressed in a very able & appropriate manner by , who has recently been appointed on a Mission to , Russia— A constant accession of members swelled the Congregation. to 15,000 as near as could be estimated. At 2 p m they were again addressed by Elder on redemption in a masterly discourse, when I made some remarks of which the following was reported by Elder (see Sermon book page 19 20 21)
Three Steamers arrived in the afternoon, one from , one from & one from , bringing from 800 to 1000 Ladies & Gentlemen.; on the arrival of each boat, the people were escorted by the Nauvoo band, , to convenient seats provided for them & were welcomed by the firing of Cannon * (see below)
The multitude of Strangers gave great attention & much prejudice seemed to be removed—
a collection was taken in the morning to assist El. to build his house——
and in the afternoon on his own responsibility, proposed a collection to assist me in bearing the expenses of my persecution
The meeting closed about 7 p m The day was pleasant Sky clear & nothing tended to disturb the peace.
* which brought to our minds the last words of the Patriot Jefferson “Let this day be celebrated by the firing of Cannon &c” the Visitors & Saints appeared to be highly gratified—
I extract from the Quincy Whig (see Vol 4 Star page 93) “I left (to)
5 July 1843 • Wednesday
5 I called in the & heard the testimony of my brother before the Municipal Court, read,
& returned from , found but little excitement there, wrote a piece. for the paper in my defence & the justice of the decision of the municipal court. Remainder of the day I was at home.
6 July 1843 • Thursday
6 I remained at home all day.
wrote the following letter “Executive (Copy) ” & endorsed on the back of it, “ (Copy) ” & delivered the same to him should th to RLC [Robert L. Campbell] [5 lines blank] [p. 54]
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