History draft; handwriting of , John L. Smith, Jonathan Grimshaw, Robert L. Campbell, , , and ; 101 numbered pages plus several inserted pages; CHL. This manuscript covers the period from 1 March 1843 to 31 December 1843.
soon made this known to <Mr. Dixon <the owner of the house> &> his friends in who gathered round the Hotel door, & gave the Sheriff <> to understand, that if that was their mode of doing business in , they had another way of doing it here <they were a law abiding people, & were republicans> & gave the Sheriff <> to understand, that they should not take me away without giving me the opportunity of a fair trial, & that I should have justice done me, but that if they persisted in their course, they had a very summary way of dealing with such people. finding further resistance to be useless, allowed & another <> attorney to come <in to the room> to me <but was inside guarding the door, & guarded the outside <of the> door,> when I told them, I had been taken up a Prisoner by the<se> men , I had been insulted & abused by them <& shewed <them> my flesh <which> was black on each side from their punching me with their pistols, for 18 inches in circumference, on each side—> & I wanted <them to sue out> a writ of the Council examined the Statute & found that I had a privilege of trial by Habeas Corpus when the Sheriff said < swore> he should <only> wait half an hour to give me a chance. A messenger was immediately discharged <sent by Mr. Dixon> to <Mr. Chamberlin> the Master in <who lived 6 miles distant> & another Messenger to <about> <who happenedto be near> to have them come down & get out the writ of Habeas Corpus.
A writ was sued out <by , before a Justice of the Peace> against < &> <for threatening his life, who were taken into custody by the Constable> for a violation of the law in relation to <and <he> sued out another writ for assault & threatning Josephs <my> life, whereupon they were again arrested <at this time rushed into <the> room & put a pistol unobserved in Josephs <my> pocket, altho’ & had their pistols cocked <at the same time & were threatening to shoot him.> & threatened shoot him> and about midnight he sued out a writ for a violation of the law in relation to> writs of Habeas Corpus; having transferred me to the custody of for the purpose of removing <dragging> me to , & thereby avoiding the effect & operation of said writ, contrary to law, which was put over to be heard at 10 <o clock> tomorrow morning— & Joseph <I> was conducted back to the room & guarded thro the night.
<Saturday June 24> <(No 1)> <Early this morning I sent to to inform my brother of what was being done, & to start some brethren to my <assistance>>
Another writ was sued out from the Circuit Court of , against &
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<(4)> <<at 10 a m> another writ was sued, <this time> from the Circuit Court of , against & > for private damage, <&> <assault & battery & for threatening me <mine> & ’s life; and another> for false imprisonment, <claiming 10,000 damages> upon the ground that the Writ issued by the of
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<<Φ> <(3)> Mr. who was out electioneering to become the Represento Senator <Representative> for Congress told me that he could not find time to be my Lawyer unless I would promise him my vote; he being considered the greatest criminal Lawyer in that part of , I determined to secure his aid— & promised him my vote— he afterwards went to & joyfully said I am now sure of my election as Joseph Smith has promised me his vote & I am going to defend him—> [p. 45[b]]
TEXT: The recto and first half of the verso of this inserted leaf, numbered “45” and “48”, constitute an earlier draft of what appeared on pages 45, 46, and 47 as part of the 23 June 1843 entry, the 24 June 1843 entry, and part of the 25 June 1843 entry.
TEXT: This and the other numbers in parentheses for the 24 June 1843 entry indicate the order that the paragraphs should appear. This order is reflected in the copy of these notes on pages 46 and 47.
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TEXT: This insertion, along with a line pointing to the previous paragraph, indicates that the paragraph, including the first two lines on the verso, should be moved to follow the fourth line of the 24 June 1843 entry on the verso of this page.
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