History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]

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History draft; handwriting of Jonathan Grimshaw,
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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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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, James Ure, and Robert L. Campbell; 76 numbered pages plus several inserted pages; CHL. This manuscript covers the period from 1 January 1844 to 21 June 1844.
Historical Introduction

See Introduction to History Drafts, 1844–1856.

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Sunday June 9th. At home; my health not very good in consequence of my lungs being weary <impaired by so much public speaking>. My brother preached at the .

At 2 P. M., several passengers <of the Steamer Osprey> from and arrived by the Steamer Osprey <and put up at the >. I helped to carry in their trunks and chatted with them in the bar room. ¶ There was a meeting at the at 6 P. M.

10 June 1844 • Monday

Monday 10th. I was in the City Council from 10 A M to 1.20 P M & from 2.20 to 6.30 P M., investigating the merits of the “Nauvoo Expositor,” <& also the conduct of the Laws, Higbees, Fosters & others θ> <θ who have formed a conspiracy for the purpose of destroying my life & scattering the Saints, & driving them from the .> An ordinance was passed concerning libels and for other purposes. The Council <passed an ordinance declaring the Nauvoo Expositor, a nuisance and> also issued an order to me to destroy <> the <said> Nauvoo Expositor establishment as a nuisance; I immediately ordered the to destroy it without delay, and at the same time issued an order to , acting Major General of the to assist the with the Legion if called upon so to do.

About 8 P. M., the returned and reported that he had removed the press, type, printed paper, and fixtures into the street, and fired <destroyed> them. This was done because of the libelous <and slanderous> character of the paper in slandering <its avowed intention being to destroy> the Municipality of <and drive the Saints from> the . The posse consisting of <accompanied by> some hundreds <of the citizens> returned with the to the front of the , when I gave them a short address and told them they had done right <and that not a hair of their heads should be hurt for it>; that they had executed my <the> orders which were <given> required of me by the City Council; that I would never submit to have another libelous publication established in the ; that I did not care how many papers were printed in the if they would print the truth, but would submit to no libels or slander from them <I then blessed them in the name of the Lord>. This speech was <loudly> greeted by <the Assembly with> three times three cheers. The posse and assembly <then> dispersed <all> in good order. [p. 57]

9 June 1844 • Sunday

Sunday June 9th. At home; my health not very good in consequence of my lungs being impaired by so much public speaking. My brother preached at the .

At 2 P. M., several passengers of the Steamer Osprey from and arrived and put up at the . I helped to carry in their trunks and chatted with them in the bar room. ¶ There was a meeting at the at 6 P. M.

10 June 1844 • Monday

Monday 10th. I was in the City Council from 10 A M to 1.20 P M & from 2.20 to 6.30 P M., investigating the merits of the “Nauvoo Expositor,” & also the conduct of the Laws, Higbees, Fosters & others θ θ who have formed a conspiracy for the purpose of destroying my life & scattering the Saints, & driving them from the . An ordinance was passed concerning libels . The Council passed an ordinance declaring the Nauvoo Expositor, a nuisance and also issued an order to me to the said nuisance; I immediately ordered the to destroy it without delay, and at the same time issued an order to , acting Major General of the to assist the with the Legion if called upon so to do.

About 8 P. M., the returned and reported that he had removed the press, type, printed paper, and fixtures into the street, and destroyed them. This was done because of the libelous and slanderous character of the paper its avowed intention being to destroy the Municipality and drive the Saints from the . The posse accompanied by some hundreds of the citizens returned with the to the front of the , when I gave them a short address and told them they had done right and that not a hair of their heads should be hurt for it; that they had executed the orders which were given me by the City Council; that I would never submit to have another libelous publication established in the ; that I did not care how many papers were printed in the if they would print the truth, but would submit to no libels or slander from them I then blessed them in the name of the Lord. This speech was loudly greeted by the Assembly with three times three cheers. The posse and assembly then dispersed all in good order. [p. 57]

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Editorial Title
History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
ID #
7857
Total Pages
96
Handwriting on This Page
- Jonathan Grimshaw
- Thomas Bullock
Footnotes
1. 201
  See 9 June 1844 entry in JS History, vol. F-1, pp. 73–74.
2. Cancelation and insertion in handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
3. 202
  See 10 June 1844 entry in JS History, vol. F-1, pp. 74–85.
4. 203
  TEXT: This theta symbol is keyed to another theta symbol in the left margin, indicating that the text following the second symbol should be inserted here.
5. Insertion in handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
6. Insertion in handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
7. Cancelation and insertion in handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
8. Insertion and cancelation in handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
9. Cancelation and insertion in handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
10. Insertion in handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
11. Cancelation and insertion in handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
12. Cancelation and insertion in handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
13. Cancelation and insertion in handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
14. Insertion and cancelation in handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
15. Insertion in handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
16. Insertion in handwriting of Thomas Bullock.

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