Sidney Rigdon, JS, et al., Petition Draft (“To the Publick”), circa 1838–1839

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To the publick
In presenting the following narative to the Amarican people it was the intention of the of the authur to present facts and only facts. He does not pretend to be personally aiquainted <​with​>, all the things written in the following account nor with but few of them only with <​except​> those which took place between <​from​> the 4th of April 1838 but he has doccuments on hands from those who were eye witnesses to the whole scene from the commencement in untill the close.
From these doccuments the greater part of which has been attested under <​oath​> and the remainder will be as soon as the writers are called on for it, so that the publick may rely on its truth. It is only an abridgement extract from the those doccuments and a limitted one too if all the account had but details in full it would have made this a large volume.
A The authur was induced to undertake this <​work​> on account of the many inquries which were making and [p. [0[a]]]
To the publick
In presenting the following narative to the Amarican people it was the intention of the to present facts and only facts. He does not pretend to be personally aiquainted with, all the things written in the following account nor with but few of them except those which took place from the 4th of April 1838 but he has doccuments on hands from those who were eye witnesses to the whole scene from the commencement in untill the close.
From these doccuments the greater part of which has been attested under oath and the remainder will be as soon as the writers are called on for it, so that the publick may rely on its truth. It is only an extract from the those doccuments and a limitted one too if all the account had but details in full it would have made this a large volume.
The authur was induced to undertake this work on account of the many inquries which were making and [p. [0[a]]]
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