History Draft [1 January–3 March 1843]
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Source Note
History draft; handwriting of and ; docket in handwriting of Robert L. Campbell; 27 pages; CHL. This manuscript covers the period from 1 January 1843 to 3 March 1843.
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his own responsibility) “and fifty dollars to the , & same to Fulmer, to get Stone to build Joseph a house, & I mean to build Joseph a house & you may build this, & I will help you. I mean to profit by this: & I will divide the mammoth bones with you. I am guilty of all of which I have been charged. I have signed my name to a petition to have to have the Post Office. I did not know of a petition for Joseph Smith”.
I replied I thought I would make a coat but it dont fit the only in the Post Office; if it does fit any one let them put it on, the bones are Skeletons, & as old Ezekiel said I command the flesh and sinews to come upon them that they may be clothed.
Wednesday 22. At nine this morning brother Abel Owen presented a claim of considerable amount against & notes of of about $700. for payment, he said he was poor & unable to labor & wanted something to live on. I told him to burn the papers & I would help him. He gave me the papers & I gave him an order on for fifteen dollars worth of provisions, this was a gift, as the was not obligated to pay those debts. I rode about the with during the day & read in German.
The latest accounts from the East Indies state that the Cholera was raging in Burmah, Asia, to a fearful extent, whole villages in the interior have become desolate either by flight or death.
Thursday 23. This morning read German & rode out a few miles but did not get off my horse. In the afternoon called to collect & Taxes. bro. Dixon called concerning some lost or stolen property I burned twenty three dollars of City Scrip & while it was burning, said, so may all unsound & uncurrent money go down. Gave my instructions to pay no more Taxes on the Hotchkiss purchase. started for this morning, & commenced preaching in that place
Friday 24. Rode out with , dined abroad, rode to ’s, called on had some conversation about the Post Office & several other matters: returned to my & at 3 o clock walked out with In reply to vade mecum or “Go with me” of 20 January last I dictated the following answer which I delivered about this time “To ” (T. & S. 82. 83. 84. 85.) Joseph Smith”—
Saturday 25 This morning bro. made me a present of a Gold Watch— I spent the forenoon in the City Council— the Council passed “an ordinance in relation to Internments”: “An Ordinance in relation to the duties of City Attorney”: “An Ordinance concerning a Market on Main Street” [p. 24]
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Footnotes
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64
Probably David Fullmer.
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65
See 22 Feb. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. D-1, p. 1476.
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Insertion in the handwriting of Willard Richards.
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66
See 23 Feb. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. D-1, p. 1476.
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All graphite corrections on this page are in the handwriting of Willard Richards.
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67
See 24 Feb. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. D-1, pp. 1476–1483.
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68
See 25 Feb. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. D-1, pp. 1483–1484.
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