History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]

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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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; 101 numbered pages plus several inserted pages; CHL. This manuscript covers the period from 1 March 1843 to 31 December 1843.
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<April 21> I rode out in the , & in the afternoon went to my .

There was an officer drill of the .

<22> The cohorts of the were in exercise this day; my staff came out with me, & spent the day in riding, exercising & <or> <&> organizing; & sitting in Court Martial, to ascertain to what staff , Surgeon General; , Adjutant General; & Commissary General; belonged.

, , , , <> & went to to hold a .

23 April 1843 • Sunday

<Sunday 23> 9 to 10 a.m. at home, heard read Truthiana No 6; also the minutes of special , which I revised.

11 a. m. meeting at the , , , , , , , present. prayed. Prest. preached on the subject of Salvation, & the commenced their mission to build the ; & for the salvation of the , it was necessary that the public building should be erected, &c.

preached in the afternoon, showing the rapid increase of during the past three years.

called for 25 hands to go with him to the , to get lumber for the .

Prest. instructed the laborers on the to commence next morning, even if they have to beg food of their neighbors to commence with, & requested familes to board hands, till means could be procured.

<Dr. W. P. Harris of Kinderhook [illegible] <Pike> Co. Ill while digging a well>

24 April 1843 • Monday

<24> In the morning I took my children a pleasure ride in the carriage.

at 1 p m the , , , , , & met in my , & agreed <to go> to , Iowa; & spend the next Sabbath, & devise means to secure the property which has been purchased of , by the Nauvoo House Trustees. & voted John Carnes [Cairns] go on a mission to — & Jas Brown to Tuscaloosa; <Ala.> & that Murray Seaman be instructed to return home immediately— & that Mr. be respectfully requested, immediately to furnish the with a draft of the exterior & interior of the .

<Prince Louis Napoleon <claimant of the Imperial throne of ,> writes from his prison at Ham, to the Parisian journals, that “I would prefer captivity on the French soil, to freedome in Exile.”>

25 April 1843 • Tuesday

[illegible]

<25> Called at <In> the in the morning, & heard <read> the report of the proceedings of the yesterday.

& other Masons came to see me concerning , <when> who was threatening revenge on , I replied, if he injured , he would be cursed. I was told that Grand Master <G. M. Jonathan> Nye was dead, which caused the following remark. “When Nye was here trying to pull me by the nose & trample on me, I enquired of the Lord if I was to be led by the nose & cuffed <about> by such a man”, I received for answer “wait a minute”; Nye is dead, and any man or mason who attempts to ride me down, and oppress me, will run against the boss of Jehovah’s buckler; & will be quickly moved out of the way. Nye was <is> <was> an hypocritical Presbyterian preacher, & is <was> known to have violated his oath as a Master Mason <& committed adultery,> & <he has> started an opposition Lodge <on the Hill, called the Nye <[illegible]> Lodge,> on which subject I replied “they will do us all the evil <injury> they can, but let them go ahead, altho it will result in a division of the Lodge”. Nye fearing the execution of his Oath, <penalty of the City ordinances on Adultery> speedily fled from , and is now dead. <soon after died suddenly in . at . Iowa. *> <* his funeral was attended by , , & <& Noah Rodgers [Rogers]> as a deputation from the Nauvoo Lodge, a donation from several lodges defrayed the expenses of his funeral[.] at the time the coffin was lowered into the grave there was about two feet of water in it.>

at 3¼ pm rain fell in torrents, & wind blew strong <from N. W. several barns were blown down;> so dark for 15 minutes, could not see to write— considerable hail fell The Creeks rose very high, the land covered with water. [p. 27]

21 April 1843 • Friday

April 21 I rode out in the , & in the afternoon went to my .

There was an officer drill of the .

22 April 1843 • Saturday

22 The cohorts of the were in exercise this day; my staff came out with me, & spent the day in riding, exercising & organizing; & sitting in Court Martial, to ascertain to what staff , Surgeon General; , Adjutant General; & Commissary General; belonged.

23 April 1843 • Sunday

Sunday 23 9 to 10 a.m. at home, heard read Truthiana No 6; also the minutes of special , which I revised.

11 a. m. meeting at the , , , , , , , present. prayed. Prest. preached on the subject of Salvation, & the commenced their mission to build the ; for the salvation of the , it was necessary that the public building should be erected, &c.

preached in the afternoon, showing the rapid increase of during the past three years.

called for 25 hands to go with him to the , to get lumber for the .

Prest. instructed the laborers on the to commence next morning, even if they have to beg food of their neighbors to commence with, & requested familes to board hands, till means could be procured.

24 April 1843 • Monday

24 In the morning I took my children a pleasure ride in the carriage.

at 1 p m , , , , , & met in my , & agreed to go to , Iowa; spend the next Sabbath, & devise means to secure the property which has been purchased of , by the Nauvoo House Trustees. & voted John Carnes [Cairns] go on a mission to — & Jas Brown to Tuscaloosa; Ala. that Murray Seaman be instructed to return home immediately— & that Mr. be respectfully requested, immediately to furnish the with a draft of the exterior & interior of the .

Prince Louis Napoleon claimant of the Imperial throne of , writes from his prison at Ham, to the Parisian journals, that “I would prefer captivity on the French soil, to freedome in Exile.”

25 April 1843 • Tuesday

25 In the in the morning, & heard read the proceedings of the yesterday.

& other Masons came to see me concerning , when I was told that Grand Master Jonathan Nye was dead, which caused the following remark. “When Nye was here trying to pull me by the nose & trample on me, I enquired of the Lord if I was to be led by the nose & cuffed about by such a man”, I received for answer “wait a minute”; Nye is dead, and any man or mason who attempts to ride me down, and oppress me, will run against the boss of Jehovah’s buckler; & will be quickly moved out of the way. Nye was an hypocritical Presbyterian preacher, & was known to have violated his oath as a Master Mason & committed adultery, he started an opposition Lodge on the Hill, called the Nye Lodge, on which subject I replied “they will do us all the injury they can, but let them go ahead, altho it will result in a division of the Lodge”. Nye fearing the penalty of the City ordinances on Adultery speedily fled from , and soon after died suddenly at . Iowa. * * his funeral was attended by , , & Noah Rodgers [Rogers] as a deputation from the Nauvoo Lodge, a donation from several lodges defrayed the expenses of his funeral. at the time the coffin was lowered into the grave there was about two feet of water in it.

at 3¼ pm rain fell in torrents, & wind blew strong from N. W. several barns were blown down; so dark for 15 minutes, could not see to write— considerable hail fell The Creeks rose very high, the land covered with water. [p. 27]

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Editorial Title
History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
ID #
8470
Total Pages
200
Handwriting on This Page
- Thomas Bullock
Footnotes
1. 104
  See 21 Apr. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. D-1, p. 1540.
2. 105
  See 22 Apr. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. D-1, p. 1540.
3. 106
  See 23 Apr. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. D-1, p. 1540.
4. 107
  See 24 Apr. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. D-1, p. 1540.
5. 108
  See 25 Apr. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. D-1, p. 1541.
6. 109
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7. 110
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