History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]

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History draft; handwriting of
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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19 July 1834–28 May 1859. Clerk, reporter. Born in London. Son of Samuel Harris Hawkins and Charlotte Savage. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by John Banks, 23 Oct. 1848. Immigrated to U.S. with his family; arrived in New Orleans...
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1 Mar. 1807–2 Sept. 1898. Farmer, miller. Born at Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of Aphek Woodruff and Beulah Thompson. Moved to Richland, Oswego Co., New York, 1832. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Zera Pulsipher,...
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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.
Historical Introduction

See Introduction to History Drafts, 1844–1856.

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<March 27> I wrote a <dictated the following> letter to shewing my reasons for believing that he was concerned <concerned> <leagued> with , & & unless he made <see (Copy)> satisfaction to me I should withdraw the hand of fellowship & bring him before the & sent it to him by Dr. , to which I received the following reply <(copy)>

opened Court to try Field [A. Fields] for drunkenness, & abusing his wife; I & fined him $10 & Costs & <required him> to find bail <of $50—> to keep the peace for 6 months

<(leave a line blank)> <see s memoranda pa 3>

A Conference held at Johnson’s Creek <Hartland,> Niagra Co. N. Y. 3 & 1 <were ordained,> & <&> 5 added to the .

<28> It is reported <estimated> that the Chinese loss <in their recent war with was> is estimated at 15,000 men, 1500 pieces of cannon, & the <a> greatest portion of their Navy.

28 March 1843 • Tuesday

<28> I removed my from the (which I have been obliged to occupy for some months,) to the small upper room of <in> the New .

came to my house & insulted me so, <outrageously> that I was under the necessity of kicking <kicked> him out of the house, <out of the house,> across the yard & into the Street.

29 March 1843 • Wednesday

<29> I sat with on a case of debt, & giving <gave> judgment against the Deft.

30 March 1843 • Thursday

<30> In my <the> in relation to a new bond which was presented to me by , which I rejected on <as> account of being informal; & told he might improve his my share of the Ferry one year; & cautioned him, that if he did not consider good for heavy damages, he would be foolish to go <be> his bondsman. afterwards took an appeal to the Municipal Court, to be tried on 10 April.

< returned from having delivered ten Lectures & 3 persons.>

At 1½ pm I was called to sit as Justice of Peace with Alderman , on the case of Webb v Rigby for forcible entry & detainer— during the trial <I <the court> fined> Esqre. twenty dollars for contempt of court for insulting a witness & would have fined him ten dollars more, for <his> contempt of court, but let him off on his submissive acknowledgments, the trial closed about one on Friday morning.

31 March 1843 • Friday

<31> at 10 am I opened Court for trial of Amos Lower for assaulting John H. Burghardt, after hearing testimony fined Lower $10—

<Spent> In the afternoon at Mr. ’s, in company with my brother , , , , & , with our wives, & had a good time & <were> feasted on a fat Turkey.

About 1000 persons are preparing to settle in , & they have apponted <selected> for their rendezvous to organize into companies sufficiently strong to protect themselves thro the Indian Country. [p. 9]

27 March 1843 • Monday

March 27 I dictated the following letter to & sent it to him by Dr. , to which I received the following reply (copy)

opened Court to try Field [A. Fields] for drunkenness, & abusing his wife; I fined him $10 & Costs & required him to find bail of $50— to keep the peace for 6 months

(leave a line blank) see s memoranda pa 3

A Conference held at Hartland, Niagra Co. N. Y. 3 & 1 were ordained, & & 5 added to the .

It is estimated that the Chinese loss in their recent war with was 15,000 men, 1500 pieces of cannon, & a great portion of their Navy.

28 March 1843 • Tuesday

28 I removed my from the (which I have been obliged to occupy for some months,) to the small upper room in the New .

came to my house & insulted me so, outrageously that I kicked him out of the house, across the yard into the Street.

29 March 1843 • Wednesday

29 sat with on a case of debt, & gave judgment against the Deft.

30 March 1843 • Thursday

30 In the in relation to a new bond presented to me by , which I rejected as informal; & told he might improve my share of the Ferry one year; & cautioned him, that if he did not consider good for heavy damages, he would be foolish to be his bondsman. afterwards took an appeal to the Municipal Court, to be tried on 10 April.

returned from having delivered ten Lectures & 3 persons.

At 1½ pm I was called to sit as Justice of Peace with Alderman , on the case of Webb v Rigby for forcible entry & detainer— during the trial the court fined Esqre. twenty dollars for insulting a witness & would have fined him ten dollars more, for his contempt of court, but let him off on his submissive acknowledgments, the trial closed about one on Friday morning.

31 March 1843 • Friday

31 at 10 am I opened Court for trial of Amos Lower for assaulting John H. Burghardt, after hearing testimony fined Lower $10—

Spent the afternoon at Mr. ’s, in company with my brother , , , , & , with our wives, had a good time & were feasted on a fat Turkey.

About 1000 persons are preparing to settle in , they have selected for their rendezvous to organize into companies sufficiently strong to protect themselves thro the Indian Country. [p. 9]

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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. 44
  See 27 Mar. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. D-1, pp. 1503–1505.
2. 45
  See 28 Mar. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. D-1, p. 1505.
3. 46
  See 29 Mar. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. D-1, p. 1505.
4. 47
  See 30 Mar. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. D-1, pp. 1505–1506.
5. 48
  See 31 Mar. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. D-1, p. 1506.

History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]

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