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Lyman Wight, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason]

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Introduction to Extradition of JS for Treason Indictment, circa 5 June 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason] Docket Entry, Indictment, 6 June 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason] Power of Attorney, 13 June 1843, Unidentified Scribe Copy–A [Extradition of JS for Treason] Power of Attorney, 13 June 1843, Unidentified Scribe Copy–B [Extradition of JS for Treason] Warrant, 17 June 1843, Unidentified Scribe Copy–A [Extradition of JS for Treason] Warrant, 17 June 1843, Unidentified Scribe Copy–B [Extradition of JS for Treason] Account, circa 23–circa 30 June 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason] Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 30 June 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason] Habeas Corpus, 30 June 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason] Habeas Corpus, 30 June 1843, Copy [Extradition of JS for Treason] Minutes, 30 June–1 July 1843, Edward Southwick Draft [Extradition of JS for Treason] Minutes, 30 June 1843–1 July 1843, James Sloan and William W. Phelps Draft [Extradition of JS for Treason] Hyrum Smith, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason] Parley P. Pratt, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason] Brigham Young, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason] George Pitkin, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason] Lyman Wight, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason] Sidney Rigdon, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason] Receipt to James Campbell, 1 July 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason] Certification, 3 July 1843–A [Extradition of JS for Treason] Docket Entry, 1–circa 6 July 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason] Trial Report, 8–26 July 1843, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor [Extradition of JS for Treason]

Lyman Wight, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason]

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, Testimony, , Hancock Co., IL, 1 July 1843, Extradition of JS for Treason (Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court 1843). Copied [between 3 and 6 July 1843]; handwriting of unidentified scribe; signature of ; docket by , [, Hancock Co., IL], ca. [6] July 1843; notation by , ca. [6] July 1843; thirty-two pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL.

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Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Lyman Wight, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ] Docket Entry, 1–circa 6 July 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason] Trial Report, 8–26 July 1843, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor [Extradition of JS for Treason] Trial Report, 8–26 July 1843, as Published in Times and Seasons [Extradition of JS for Treason] Trial Report, 8–26 July 1843, as Published in Evidence [Extradition of JS for Treason]
I have visited your place frequently, find you to be an Industrious and Thriving people willing to abide the laws of the land, and I deeply regret that you could not live in peace and enjoy the privileges of freedom. I shall now Gentlemen return and dismiss my troops and put under an arrest leave the sole charge with who I deem sufficiently qualified To perform according to law in all military discipline <​operations necessary”​>
then went to , when coming in sight of he discovered about 100 of the mob holding some of the saints in bondage, and Tantalizing others in the most scandalous manner, at the sight of and company the mob took fright and such was their hurry to get away some cut their bridle reins & some pulled the bridles from their horses heads and went off all speed, nothing to prevent the speed of their horses. <​I​> went to and on his <​my​> way discovered that the inhabitants had become enraged at the orders of the Generals & and that they had sworn vengeance against not only [p. 18]
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Lyman Wight, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason]
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Total Pages
32
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  • James Sloan

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    Insertion in handwriting of James Sloan.

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    Insertion in handwriting of James Sloan.

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    Insertion in handwriting of James Sloan.

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