continued— and said he sent to .— and Joseph knew nothing about it.—

said. came to him on the 7th & said he had had an interview with . & though[t] he was almost ready to come back— and a word f[r]om witness or Joseph would bring it about.— &c

Mayor— said the conduct of such men— <​&​> such papers are calculated to <​do​> destroy the peace of the .— and it is not safe that such things should exist— on acount of the mob spirit. which th[e]y tend to produce.— and— he had made the statem[e]nts he had, and called the witnesses to prepare the council to act in the case.—

was blakguarded out of and dubbed him with title of Judge. <​(as he had unde[r]stood f[r]om citiz[e]ns of )​> he was poor.— and <​Mayorer [Mayor]​> hilped him to cloth for a coat befor[e] he went away— <​la[s]t fall​> & he labored all winter to got the post office from Bro .— <​(as informed—)​>

<​Mayor​> Referred to a writing from .— and Showing that the Laws presented the communicati[o]n f[r]om the female Relief society in the <​Nauvoo​> Neighb[o]r— <​to ​> was as the bone of contintion— <​& s[a]id​> If God ever spoke by any man. it will not be 5 years before this in ashes and we in our g[r]ave unless we go to <​​> or some <​other​> place.— if the does not put down. evry thing which tends to mobacracy— and put down their murders. Bogus Makers and scoundrels— All the sorrow I have <​he had​> ever had in my <​his​> family. has arisin th[r]ough the influen[ce] of . [p. 18]