Letter from Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844, John McEwan Second Copy
Letter from Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844, John McEwan Second Copy
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, Letter, , Hancock Co., IL, to city mayor [JS] and Nauvoo City Council, [, Hancock Co., IL], 22 June 1844. Version copied [ca. 22 June 1844]; handwriting of ; docket in handwriting of ; ten pages; JS Collection, CHL. Includes docket and redactions.
Note: Graphite corrections appear throughout this document, all of which are in unidentified handwriting. It is unknown when these redactions were made; they are not reflected in the transcript.
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
See Historical Introduction to Letter from Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844.
That the common council without notice or process to the owners, entered into a trial and heard statements not under oath, & evidence which was under oath in relation to the character of that Paper; and in relation to the character conduct and designs of the owners & Editors of the press; that upon hearing such statements and evidence the common council passed an ordinance or resolution, declaring said press & paper to be a public nuisance; and ordered the same to be as such; that a writ was issued by the Mayor to the of the for that purpose; that a Military order was issued at the same time, by the Mayor who is also Lieutenant General of the , to the in command of that Legion, for a force sufficient to ensure the execution of the writ aforesaid
It appears, also the press was destroyed in obedience to the foregoing ordinance and writ according to a return on the same by the in the following words; “The within press & type is destroyed and pied according to order on this 10th. day of June 1844. at about 6 oclock P. M. C. M.
It appears also that the owners of the press obtained from a at a warrant against the authors of this destruction for a ; that the charged with the execution of the process, arrested some of the persons accused, who immediately obtained writs of from the Municipal Court of your , by virtue of which they were tried in and dis [p. 2]
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