Affidavit from Truman Gillet Jr., 18 June 1844, Draft
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, Affidavit, before , , Hancock Co., IL, 18 June 1844; handwriting of ; docket in unidentified handwriting; one page; JS Office Papers, CHL.

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June 18th 1844 Personally appeared before me, , Recorder of the city of , and after being duly Sworn deposeth and Saith, that on or about the first day of June 1842— while passing up the Ohio River on Steamboat Massachusets, over heard Two men, one a resident of . and the other of , as reported, conversing together concernig incidents on the upper , when one said to the other “if could have Succeeded in getting an introduction for us to “Jo” Smith. Damn him, we would have gagged him. or nabbed him, and damn him all hell could not have rescued him from our hands.”— The next morning, got in conversation with the man before mentiond from , who stated that he “had been on the upper on business, that he stopped at on his way down with some twelve or fouten [fourteen] other Men. X they called on in the evening to get an introduction introduction to their great Prophet, and went with them to the gate where were stopped by the police and it was well for him that we did not succeed get an introduction to him.— said Did know your business?— “” And he replied, Yes! asked what have you agist [against] Joseph Smith? Did he ever injure you? “The man replied no! but he has others,” Did you ever see him?” “Yes— I was one who helped run [p. [1]]
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