Letter to Edward Partridge and the Church, circa 22 March 1839, Draft
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JS, , , , and , Letter, [, Clay Co., MO], to and the church, , Adams Co., IL, [ca. 22 Mar. 1839], draft; handwriting of , with insertions by and JS; signatures of JS, , , , and ; twelve pages; Revelations Collection, CHL.
for the well being of the saints but the times have not yet come but will come as fast as there can be found place and reception for them And again we would sejest <sugjest> for your concideration the propriety of all the saints gethering up a knoledge of all the facts and sufferings and abuses put upon them by the people of this and also of all the property and amount of damages which they have sustained both of character <&> personal injuries as well as real property and also the names of all persons that have had a hand in their oppressions as far as they can get hold of them and find them out. And perhaps a committe can be appointed to find out these things and to take statements and affidafeits and also to gether up the libilous publications that are afloat and all that are in the magazines and in the Insiclopedias and all the libillious histories that are published and that are writing and by whom and present the whole concatination of diabolicalily rascality and nefarious and murderous impositions that have been practised upon this people that we may not only publish to all the world but present them to the heads of the government in all there dark <and hellish> hugh [hue] as the last effort which is injoined on us by our heavenly father before we can fully and completely claim that promise which shal shall call him forth from his hiding place and also that the whole nation may be left without excuse before he can let fallthat which sh send forth the power of his mighty arm it is an imperious duty that [p. 7]