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.
Historical Introduction

See Introduction to History Drafts, 1844–1856.

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<Friday Septr. 8th.> I was at home all day, my being sick

started for with the Court Papers in relation to the writ of , <&> as <a> witness.

I directed to go to <Iowa> to get a deed signed by <for the Steamer, “M[ai]d of Iowa”>. <Muster day of> The first Cohort of the training trained

The held a meeting in Boylston Hall, ; present , , , and .

9 September 1843 • Saturday

<Saturday 9th.—> My a little more comfortable. went to got the deed signed by and his wife, and returned in the evening. <General training of> The . trained

The met the in at Boylston Hall in 16 were represented containing 878 members. <A great deal of valuable instruction was given by the Twelve and the Hall, a very large one, was crowded A number were during conference which lasted three days. <The Minutes of conference I here insert>>

(Leave room for ’s sermon.) <& copy>

10 September 1843 • Sunday

<Sunday 10th.> Cold, and considerable rain; Kindled a fire in the for the first time this fall. This is the first rain of any consequence since the first of June; there has been occasional— say three or four slight showers, but not enough to wet the potato hills and the vegetables in the gardens have generally stopped growing on account of the drouth:— even Corn is seriously injured,— much of it by a worm in the ear. Early potatoes are scarce worth digging.

11 September 1843 • Monday

<Monday 11th.—> Early this morning a petition was presented to me as Lieut. General to devise means to get the public arms of the for the <*>.

Election for Probate Justice— weather cold— people cold. received Most of the votes in ,— say 700 votes. Before noon <* Whereupon> I granted the petition, and appointed , & a committee to wait on on the subject.

6 P. M, I met with my brother , , & , in my private room, where we had a season of prayer for ’s little daughter who was sick, and who was some better.

12 September 1843 • Tuesday

<Tuesday 12th.> Rainy day.

started left for Portland by Railroad, and while passing through Chesterwoods <Woods>, the Engine was thrown off the line <tracks>, and with the Baggage cars, smashed to pieces. Several of the passenger trains mounted the ruins, but none of the passengers were injured except two very slightly The Engineer however was killed instantaneously. < with most of the passengers remained all night in the woods, and found it very cold.>

13 September 1843 • Wednesday

<Wednesday 13> I attended a lecture at the by Mr. John Finch, a Socialist, from , and said a few words in reply.

<ex[amine]d. >

The following article appears in the Neighbor, copied from “The New Haven (Conn.) Herald”. “ and Joseph Smith. A gentleman of this town &c” (<see Neighbor> page 78) write Joseph for Joe. <to informant>

<I insert the doings of the Anti-Mormon meeting at as published in the Warsaw Message of this date, as the <a> most perfect <diabolical> specimen of black-hearted corruption and falsehood ever spread upon paper: “Great Meeting of Anti-Mormons &c &c” <at bottom (leave ten lines)>> [p. 68]

8 September 1843 • Friday

Friday Septr. 8th. I was at home all day, my being sick

started for with the Court Papers in relation to the writ of , & as a witness.

I directed to go to Iowa to get a deed signed by for the Steamer, “Maid of Iowa”. Muster day of The first Cohort

The held a meeting in Boylston Hall, ; present , , , and .

9 September 1843 • Saturday

Saturday 9th.— My a little more comfortable. went to got the deed signed by and his wife, and returned in the evening. General training of The .

The met the in at Boylston Hall in 16 were represented containing 878 members. A great deal of valuable instruction was given by the Twelve and the Hall, a very large one, was crowded A number were during conference which lasted three days. The Minutes of conference I here insert

(Leave room for ’s sermon.) & copy

10 September 1843 • Sunday

Sunday 10th. Cold, and considerable rain; Kindled a fire in the for the first time this fall. This is the first rain of any consequence since the first of June; there has been occasional— say three or four slight showers, but not enough to wet the potato hills and the vegetables in the gardens have generally stopped growing on account of the drouth:— even Corn is seriously injured,— much of it by a worm in the ear. Early potatoes are scarce worth digging.

11 September 1843 • Monday

Monday 11th.— Early this morning a petition was presented to me as Lieut. General to devise means to get the public arms of the for the *.

Election for Probate Justice— weather cold— people cold. received Most of the votes in ,— say 700 votes. * Whereupon I appointed , & a committee to wait on on the subject.

6 P. M, I met with my brother , , & , in my private room, where we had a season of prayer for ’s little daughter who was sick, and who was some better.

12 September 1843 • Tuesday

Tuesday 12th. Rainy day.

left for Portland by Railroad, and while passing through Chester Woods, the Engine was thrown off the tracks, and with the Baggage cars, smashed to pieces. Several of the passenger trains mounted the ruins, but none of the passengers were injured except two very slightly The Engineer however was killed instantaneously. with most of the passengers remained all night in the woods, and found it very cold.

13 September 1843 • Wednesday

Wednesday 13 I attended a lecture at the by Mr. John Finch, a Socialist, from , and said a few words in reply.

examined.

The following article appears in the Neighbor, copied from “The New Haven (Conn.) Herald”. “ and Joseph Smith. A gentleman of this town &c” (see Neighbor page 78) write Joseph for Joe. to informant

I insert the doings of the Anti-Mormon meeting at as published in the Warsaw Message of this date, as a most diabolical specimen of black-hearted corruption and falsehood ever spread upon paper: “Great Meeting of Anti-Mormons &c &c” at bottom (leave ten lines) [p. 68]

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Editorial Title
History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
ID #
8470
Total Pages
200
Handwriting on This Page
- Jonathan Grimshaw
- Thomas Bullock
Footnotes
1. 387
  See 8 Sept. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. E-1, p. 1716.
2. 388
  See 9 Sept. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. E-1, pp. 1716–1726.
3. Insertion in the handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
4. Insertion in the handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
5. 389
  See 10 Sept. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. E-1, pp. 1726–1730, 1733.
6. 390
  See 11 Sept. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. E-1, pp. 1730–1733.
7. 391
  TEXT: This asterisk corresponds to another asterisk two lines below, indicating that the text following the second asterisk should be moved here.
8. 392
  TEXT: This asterisk corresponds to another asterisk two lines above, indicating that the following text should be moved after the first asterisk.
9. 393
  See 12 Sept. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. E-1, p. 1733.
10. Cancellation and insertion in the handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
11. Cancellation and insertion in the handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
12. 394
  See 13 Sept. 1843 entry in JS History, vol. E-1, pp. 1733–1734.
13. Insertion in the handwriting of Thomas Bullock. This is the point to which the text was examined by George A. Smith.
14. 395
  TEXT: “Nauvoo and Joseph Smith” is double underlined.
15. Insertion in the handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
16. 396
  TEXT: “write Joseph for Joe” is circled.
17. Insertion in the handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
18. Cancellation and insertion in the handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
19. 397
  TEXT: “Great Meeting of Anti-Mormons” is double underlined.
20. Insertion in the handwriting of Thomas Bullock.

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