Letter from Oliver Olney, 22 July 1842
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Letter from Oliver Olney, 22 July 1842
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, Letter, , Hancock Co., IL, to “the authorities of the Church of Latterday saint” (including JS), [, Hancock Co., IL], 22 July 1842; handwriting of ; two pages; Oliver H. Olney Papers, Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
See Historical Introductions to Letter to Oliver Olney, 15 July 1842, and Letter from Oliver Olney, 15 or 16 July 1842.
July 20th 1842
As I of late have vewed The Periodicals of d I have vewed and am
Speedily repent of your doings that [are?] w[rong] and Streighten Crooked and rough p[ath] And that without delay I shall move [aga]inst you threw the medium of the [press?] I know that I am not at this time a m[em]ber of the why because you fan[cy] I was a writing what you knew no[t] You demanded my writings I cal[l]ed th[em] my own and kept them You withd[raw]ed from me the hand of fellowshi[p] I then took my name from the Church All don[e] in good feeling But now a tho[rou]gh Reformation must be or I wi[ll] ◊◊◊◊ddle your doings on the house to[ps] I desire be<ing> of any party feeling either f[or] you or against you I move as I think [is?] a duty that involves on me for you[r] Good and the Go[o]d of my fellow man Now if you will be thourough in a [refor]mation and acknowlede your fa[u]lts to t[he] World threw the two periodicals of your place Cause. I have no more to say but be as ever a friend to you and my writing shall be in the dark If not speak of the Foibles of the Church of Latter day saints [p. [2]]
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