History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]

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History draft; handwriting of
Thomas Bullock
23 Dec. 1816–10 Feb. 1885. Farmer, excise officer, secretary, clerk. Born in Leek, Staffordshire, England. Son of Thomas Bullock and Mary Hall. Married Henrietta Rushton, 25 June 1838. Moved to Ardee, Co. Louth, Ireland, Nov. 1839; to Isle of Anglesey, Aug...
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, John L. Smith, Jonathan Grimshaw, Robert L. Campbell,
Leo Hawkins
19 July 1834–28 May 1859. Clerk, reporter. Born in London. Son of Samuel Harris Hawkins and Charlotte Savage. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by John Banks, 23 Oct. 1848. Immigrated to U.S. with his family; arrived in New Orleans...
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, Richard Bentley, and
Wilford Woodruff
1 Mar. 1807–2 Sept. 1898. Farmer, miller. Born at Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of Aphek Woodruff and Beulah Thompson. Moved to Richland, Oswego Co., New York, 1832. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Zera Pulsipher,...
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; 101 numbered pages plus several inserted pages; CHL. This manuscript covers the period from 1 March 1843 to 31 December 1843.
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<Monday 19 June> <The Laborers held a meeting in the , to investigate the price & principles of labor.> & arrived at at Sunrise, tarried about two hours to shoe <get> the <a> horse <shod> & take breakfast; started again at 7 for where they arrived at 3 p m put up their horses to feed & rest; they took dinner & slept till 7, when they started again & rode ’till midnight, when the horses being tired & weary, they turned them into a field, & <they themselves> lay down to sleep about 2 hours , when they again resumed their journey, & rode 4 <one> miles north of Hendersonville, where they stopt to feed <their> horses—

20 June 1843 • Tuesday

<20> abou [3 lines blank]

<20> about 7½ a m again started on our <their> journey & arrived at Andover about 10 a m, they turned out their horses to graze in the woods for about half an hour, when they proceeded to Gennesseo where they arrived at 2½ p m tried to hire a pair of horses to continue the journey, but did not succeed. they left Gennesseo at 6 <pm> & travelled to Portland, where they arrived at 12, put up their horses & went to bed until 4 a. m.

<The following appears in the Nauvoo Neighbor, which serves to illustrate the benefit of Chartered rights in : Sir (see Neighbor <page> 31) Company

reported the names of various persons in the Islands of Great Britain & Ireland who donated various small sums <between May & Decr. 1842> as contributions for building the & paid over 975.04 in the fall & winter of 1842 which <the names of the donors & amounts> are recorded in the Law of the Lord.

<I insert the following as an exception to the gen universal rule,> Earl Spencer keeps all the poor in the parish of Wormleighton, England & <so> prevents a poor rate; he allows his laborers 9s. [9 shillings] a week when out of employment & they pay only 1s. a year as a nominal rent for the house in which they severally reside.>

21 June 1843 • Wednesday

<21> < & > left Portland at 4 a,m & travelled to within 9 miles of , they changed their course & went direct to Inlet <grove,> where they arrived at 12½ took dinner & fed their horses left Inlet at 2 <p.m.> & arrived at [Benjamin] Wasson’s at 4 pm where they learned that I & were <was> gone to in the Carriage; and altho their horses were tired down they started to <for> meet me <> whi but met me about half way <x>— I told them not to be alarmed, I have no fear, I shall not leave here, I have plenty of <shall find> friends, & they <Missourians> can not hurt me <I tell you [[in the]] name of Israel’s God.> <x> They returned with me to Wassons & were glad to find a resting place having rode 190 <212> miles, in 66 hours, & had very little rest on the way; the horses were tired & their backs very sore

22 June 1843 • Thursday

<Thursday 22> Another meeting of the Laborers in the <near the > concerning wages.

<I had previously given out an appointment to preach this day at , but on account of the change in circumstances, I wrote to telling the ppl [people] there was a writ out for me, & therefore declined preaching, &> Joseph <I> kept himself <myself> quiet all day, telling my friends that if I started for home I might be <arrested <where I had no friends> &> kidnapped into . wh & thought it best to tarry whe <here> among friends <at Inlet> & see the result; many were desirous to hear me preach but <were disappointed.> not wishing to have any excitement <in the country> by the Priests I feel it wisdom to decline

23 June 1843 • Friday

<23> arrived <at > from

at 8 a m <a company of the brethren gathered> (a bee) to remove the timbers from the to the .

Lawyer [p. 42]

19 June 1843 • Monday

Monday 19 June The Laborers held a meeting in the , to investigate the price & principles of labor. & arrived at at Sunrise, tarried about two hours to get a horse shod & take breakfast; started again at 7 for where they arrived at 3 p m put up their horses to feed & rest; they took dinner & slept till 7, when they started again & rode ’till midnight, when the horses being tired & weary, they turned them into a field, & they themselves lay down to sleep about 2 hours , when they again resumed their journey, & rode one mile north of Hendersonville, where they stopt to feed their horses—

20 June 1843 • Tuesday

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20 about 7½ a m again started on their journey & arrived at Andover about 10 a m, they turned out their horses to graze in the woods for about half an hour, when they proceeded to Gennesseo where they arrived at 2½ p m tried to hire a pair of horses to continue the journey, but did not succeed. they left Gennesseo at 6 pm & travelled to Portland, where they arrived at 12, put up their horses & went to bed until 4 a. m.

The following appears in the Nauvoo Neighbor, which serv to illustrate the benefit of Chartered rights in : Sir (see Neighbor page 31) Company

reported the names of various persons in Great Britain & Ireland who donated various small sums between May & Decr. 1842 as contributions for building the & paid over 975.04 the names of the donors & amounts are recorded in the Law of the Lord.

I insert the following as an exception to the universal rule, Earl Spencer keeps all the poor in the parish of Wormleighton, England & so prevents a poor rate; he allows his laborers 9s. [9 shillings] a week when out of employment & they pay only 1s. a year as a nominal rent for the house in which they severally reside.>

21 June 1843 • Wednesday

21 & left Portland at 4 a,m & travelled to within 9 miles of , they changed their course & went direct to Inlet grove, where they arrived at 12½ took dinner & fed their horses left Inlet at 2 p.m. & arrived at [Benjamin] Wasson’s at 4 pm where they learned that I was gone to in the Carriage; and altho their horses were tired down they started for but met me about half way x— I told them not to be alarmed, I have no fear, I shall not leave here, I shall find friends, & the Missourians can not hurt me I tell you in the name of Israel’s God. x They returned with me to Wassons & were glad to find a resting place having rode 212 miles, in 66 hours, & had very little rest on the way; the horses were tired their backs very sore

22 June 1843 • Thursday

Thursday 22 Another meeting of the Laborers in the near the concerning wages.

I had previously given out an appointment to preach this day at , but on account of the change in circumstances, I wrote to telling the ppl [people] there was a writ out for me, & therefore declined preaching, & I kept myself quiet all day, telling my friends that if I started for home I might be arrested where I had no friends & kidnapped into . & thought it best to tarry at Inlet & see the result; many were desirous to hear me preach but were disappointed.

Lawyer of , having heard of the writ being out against me, rode 12 miles to inform me. I thanked him for his kindness, paid him 25.00 & introduced him to my friends & , shewing that I had received previous information—

23 June 1843 • Friday

23 arrived at from

at 8 a m a company of the brethren gathered (a bee) to remove the timbers from the to the .

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Editorial Title
History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
ID #
8470
Total Pages
200
Handwriting on This Page
- Robert L. Campbell
- Thomas Bullock
Footnotes
1. 205
  See 19 June 1843 entry in JS History, vol. D-1, p. 1579.
2. 206
  TEXT: Bullock first wrote “feed horses”, then struck “horses” but attempted to wipe erase the strike bar; he then inserted “their” before “horses”, making the final read “feed their horses”.
3. 207
  See 20 June 1843 entry in JS History, vol. D-1, pp. 1579–1581.
4. 208
  TEXT: Possibly “their <our>”.
5. 209
  See 21 June 1843 entry in JS History, vol. D-1, p. 1581.
6. 210
  TEXT: This “x” symbol corresponds to a second “x” symbol two lines below, indicating that the text following the second symbol through the end of the paragraph should be inserted here.
7. 211
  TEXT: Word-signs from Pitman shorthand meaning “in” and “the”.
8. 212
  TEXT: This “x” symbol corresponds to another “x” symbol two lines above, indicating that the following text should be inserted after the first symbol.
9. 213
  See 22 June 1843 entry in JS History, vol. D-1, p. 1581.
10. 214
  See 23 June 1843 entry in JS History, vol. D-1, pp. 1581–1584.

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