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History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
6 August 1838 • Monday
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7 August 1838 • Tuesday
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8 August 1838 • Wednesday
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9 August 1838 • Thursday
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10 August 1838 • Friday
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11 August 1838 • Saturday
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12 August 1838 • Sunday
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13 August 1838 • Monday
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14–15 August 1838 • Tuesday–Wednesday
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16 August 1838 • Thursday
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17 August 1838 • Friday
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18 August 1838 • Saturday
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19 August 1838 • Sunday
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20 August 1838 • Monday
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21 August 1838 • Tuesday
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22 August 1838 • Wednesday
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23 August 1838 • Thursday
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24–30 August 1838 • Friday–Thursday
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24 August 1838 • Friday
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25 August 1838 • Saturday
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26 August 1838 • Sunday
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27 August 1838 • Monday
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28 August 1838 • Tuesday
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29 August 1838 • Wednesday
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30 August 1838 • Thursday
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31 August 1838 • Friday
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1 September 1838 • Saturday
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2 September 1838 • Sunday
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3 September 1838 • Monday
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4 September 1838 • Tuesday
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5 September 1838 • Wednesday
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6 September 1838 • Thursday
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7 September 1838 • Friday
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8 September 1838 • Saturday
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9 September 1838 • Sunday
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10 September 1838 • Monday
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11 September 1838 • Tuesday
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12 September 1838 • Wednesday
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13 September 1838 • Thursday
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13–14 September 1838 • Thursday–Friday
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15 September 1838 • Saturday
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15–16 September 1838 • Saturday–Sunday
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17 September 1838 • Monday
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18 September 1838 • Tuesday
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19 September 1838 • Wednesday
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20 September 1838 • Thursday
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21 September 1838 • Friday
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22 September 1838 • Saturday
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23 September 1838 • Sunday
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24 September 1838 • Monday
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25 September 1838 • Tuesday
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26 September 1838 • Wednesday
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27 September 1838 • Thursday
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28 September 1838 • Friday
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29 September 1838 • Saturday
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30 September 1838 • Sunday
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1 October 1838 • Monday
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2 October 1838 • Tuesday
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3 October 1838 • Wednesday
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4 October 1838 • Thursday
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5 October 1838 • Friday
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6 October 1838 • Saturday
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7 October 1838 • Sunday
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9 October 1838 • Tuesday
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10 October 1838 • Wednesday
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11 October 1838 • Thursday
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12 October 1838 • Friday
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14 October 1838 • Sunday
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15 October 1838 • Monday
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19 October 1838 • Friday
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21 October 1838 • Sunday
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22 October 1838 • Monday
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23 October 1838 • Tuesday
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24 October 1838 • Wednesday
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25 October 1838 • Thursday
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26 October 1838 • Friday
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27 October 1838 • Saturday
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28 October 1838 • Sunday
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29 October 1838 • Monday
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30 October 1838 • Tuesday
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31 October 1838 • Wednesday
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1 November 1838 • Thursday
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2 November 1838 • Friday
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3 November 1838 • Saturday
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4 November 1838 • Sunday
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5 November 1838 • Monday
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6 November 1838 • Tuesday
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7 November 1838 • Wednesday
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8 November 1838 • Thursday
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9 November 1838 • Friday
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10 November 1838 • Saturday
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11 November 1838 • Sunday
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12 November 1838 • Monday
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13 November 1838 • Tuesday
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18 November 1838 • Sunday
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24 November 1838 • Saturday
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28 November 1838 • Wednesday
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29 November 1838 • Thursday
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30 November 1838 • Friday
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1 December 1838 • Saturday
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5 December 1838 • Wednesday
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10 December 1838 • Monday
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13 December 1838 • Thursday
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16 December 1838 • Sunday
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17 December 1838 • Monday
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18 December 1838 • Tuesday
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19 December 1838 • Wednesday
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26 December 1838 • Wednesday
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27 December 1838 • Thursday
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1 January 1839 • Tuesday
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7 January 1839 • Monday
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8 January 1839 • Tuesday
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10 January 1839 • Thursday
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16 January 1839 • Wednesday
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24 January 1839 • Thursday
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26 January 1839 • Saturday
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29 January 1839 • Tuesday
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31 January 1839 • Thursday
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1 February 1839 • Friday
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4 February 1839 • Monday
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6–7 February 1839 • Wednesday–Thursday
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12 February 1839 • Tuesday
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13 February 1839 • Wednesday
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14 February 1839 • Thursday
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15 February 1839 • Thursday
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18 February 1839 • Monday
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19 February 1839 • Tuesday
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21 February 1839 • Thursday
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23 February 1839 • Saturday
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26 February 1839 • Tuesday
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27 February 1839 • Wednesday
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28 February 1839 • Thursday
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3 March 1839 • Sunday
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5 March 1839 • Tuesday
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6 March 1839 • Wednesday
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7 March 1839 • Thursday
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8 March 1839 • Friday
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9 March 1839 • Saturday
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10 March 1839 • Sunday
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15 March 1839 • Friday
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17 March 1839 • Sunday
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18 March 1839 • Monday
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20 March 1839 • Wednesday
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25 March 1839 • Monday
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4 April 1839 • Thursday
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5 April 1839 • Friday
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6 April 1839 • Saturday
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7 April 1839 • Sunday
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8 April 1839 • Monday
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9 April 1839 • Tuesday
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10 April 1839 • Wednesday
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11 April 1839 • Thursday
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12 April 1839 • Friday
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13 April 1839 • Saturday
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14 April 1839 • Sunday
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15 April 1839 • Monday
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16 April 1839 • Tuesday
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17 April 1839 • Wednesday
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18 April 1839 • Thursday
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19 April 1839 • Friday
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20 April 1839 • Saturday
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21 April 1839 • Sunday
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22 April 1839 • Monday
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22 May 1839 • Wednesday
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23 April 1839 • Tuesday
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24 April 1839 • Wednesday
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25 April 1839 • Thursday
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26 April 1839 • Friday
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1 May 1839 • Wednesday
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3 May 1839 • Friday
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4 May 1839 • Saturday
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5 May 1839 • Sunday
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6 May 1839 • Monday
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7 May 1839 • Tuesday
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8 May 1839 • Wednesday
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9 May 1839 • Thursday
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10 May 1839 • Friday
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13 May 1839 • Monday
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14 May 1839 • Tuesday
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15–16 May 1839 • Wednesday–Thursday
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17 May 1839 • Friday
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18 May 1839 • Saturday
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19 May 1839 • Sunday
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20 May 1839 • Monday
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21 May 1839 • Tuesday
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23 May 1839 • Thursday
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24 May 1839 • Friday
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25 May 1839 • Saturday
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26 May 1839 • Sunday
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27 May 1839 • Monday
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28 May 1839 • Tuesday
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29 May 1839 • Wednesday
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June 1839
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4 June 1839 • Tuesday
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5 June 1839 • Wednesday
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9 June 1839 • Sunday
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10 June 1839 • Monday
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11 June 1839 • Tuesday
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12–13 June 1839 • Wednesday–Thursday
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14 June 1839 • Friday
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15 June 1839 • Saturday
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16 June 1839 • Sunday
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17 June 1839 • Monday
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18 June 1839 • Tuesday
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20 June 1839 • Thursday
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22 June 1839 • Saturday
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23 June 1839 • Sunday
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24 June 1839 • Monday
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25 June 1839 • Tuesday
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26 June 1839 • Wednesday
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27 June 1839 • Thursday
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28 June 1839 • Friday
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29 June 1839 • Saturday
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30 June 1839 • Sunday
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1 July 1839 • Monday
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2 July 1839 • Tuesday
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3 July 1839 • Wednesday
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4 July 1839 • Thursday
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5 July 1839 • Friday
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6 July 1839 • Saturday
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7 July 1839 • Sunday
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8–10 July 1839 • Monday–Wednesday
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21 July 1839 • Sunday
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22–23 July 1839 • Monday–Tuesday
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24 July 1839 • Tuesday
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28 July 1839 • Sunday
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4 August 1839 • Sunday
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5 August 1839 • Monday
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9 August 1839 • Friday
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11 August 1839 • Sunday
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18 August 1839 • Sunday
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25 August 1839 • Sunday
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29 August 1839 • Thursday
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31 August 1839 • Saturday
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1 September 1839 • Sunday
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9 September 1839 • Monday
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11 September 1839 • Wednesday
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13 September 1839 • Friday
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14 September 1839 • Saturday
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15 September 1839 • Sunday
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16–17 September 1839 • Monday–Tuesday
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18 September 1839 • Wednesday
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19 September 1839 • Thursday
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20–21 September 1839 • Friday–Saturday
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21 September 1839 • Saturday
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22 September 1839 • Sunday
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25–27 September 1839 • Wednesday–Friday
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29 September 1839 • Sunday
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30 September 1839 • Monday
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1 October 1839 • Tuesday
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3 October 1839 • Thursday
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4 October 1839 • Friday
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5 October 1839 • Saturday
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6 October 1839 • Sunday
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7 October 1839 • Monday
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8 October 1839 • Tuesday
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10 October 1839 • Thursday
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11 October 1839 • Friday
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12 October 1839 • Saturday
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13 October 1839 • Sunday
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15 October 1839 • Tuesday
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17 October 1839 • Thursday
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19 October 1839 • Saturday
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20 October 1839 • Sunday
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21 October 1839 • Monday
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22 October 1839 • Tuesday
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26 October 1839 • Saturday
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27 October 1839 • Sunday
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28 October 1839 • Monday
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29 October 1839 • Tuesday
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31 October 1839 • Thursday
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1 November 1839 • Friday
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2 November 1839 • Saturday
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3 November 1839 • Sunday
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4 November 1839 • Monday
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7 November 1839 • Thursday
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8 November 1839 • Friday
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9 November 1839 • Saturday
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10 November 1839 • Sunday
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14 November 1839 • Thursday
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17 November 1839 • Sunday
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18–19 November 1839 • Monday–Tuesday
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22 November 1839 • Friday
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26 November 1839 • Tuesday
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27 November 1839 • Wednesday
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28–29 November 1839 • Thursday–Friday
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30 November 1839 • Saturday
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1 December 1839 • Sunday
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5 December 1839 • Thursday
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6 December 1839 • Friday
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7 December 1839 • Saturday
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8 December 1839 • Sunday
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15 December 1839 • Sunday
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16 December 1839 • Monday
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18 December 1839 • Wednesday
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20 December 1839 • Friday
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21 December 1839 • Saturday
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22 December 1839 • Sunday
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23 December 1839 • Monday
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25–28 December 1839 • Wednesday–Saturday
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28 December 1839 • Saturday
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29 December 1839 • Sunday
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30 December 1839 • Monday
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Source Note
History draft; handwriting of ; 71 pages; CHL. This manuscript covers the period from 6 August 1838 to 30 December 1839.
- Historical Introduction

<24 <25>> started to face the Superior Judges, <& get writs of Habaes corpus>, & rode <after rid[i]ng> hundreds of miles to effect their obje[c]t; but to could <which they> not suceed, and retund [returned] to about the 2[nd] <4[th]> of april <during their absence I continu[e]d my Epistle as follows to the as follows.— We continued (0) .>.
<April ◊ <2> <April— 4>> They called on who was mad at their having reported the case to the . & said he <he> could have done all the business for you p[r]operly if they <you> had gone <come> to him <me>, & <I> would have sign[e]d the petiti[o]ns for all execpt [except] Joe [Joseph Smith Jr.]. & he was <is> not fit to live. I told <bid> Bro s. & to be of good cheer. for we shall be deliv[e]red, but no arm but God can deliver us now. Told the breth[re]n to be of good cheer & get them away as fast as possible. The brethn left on their retu[r]n to ,— where they arrived
<50. men swore to kill Jo.> <5> <4> Friday 5th Thursday the 5th <4th>. <Friday— 5— & arriv[e]d at .> This day a company of about 50 men in swore that they “would never eat or drink until they had murder[e]d Jo Smith.” Their Capt Wm Bowman Swore in the pres[e]nce of , swore that he “would never eat or drink, after he had seen Jo Smith, until he had murdered him.”— Also 8 men, , who was county Judg[e], Dr. Loffity <θ> (Turly 3.) <men>.
<committee.> “The committee met April 5, (F. 6) Land.”
<6> Saturday 6th. of April, evdintly [evidently] fearing a change of venue, or some movement on our part to escape his unhallowed persecution; (and most probably that expecting that we would be murder[e]d on the way) hurried myself & fellow prisoners off to , under a guard of about 10 men comma[n]ded by Samuel Tillery, Deputy Jailor of .— We were promised that we should go through , which was dire[c]tly on our route, which our fri[e]nds at that place knew, & were expect[i]ng us, but instead of fulfilli[n]g their promise they took us round the & out of the direct course 18 miles. far f[r]om habitations. where every oppo[r]tunity presented for a general massacre.
<This ev[en]ing the committee met in council, prayer by . X. (F. 6) p[r]esent.>
<7> Sunday. 7 we continu[e]d our Travels across the prairie. while the brethren at anxious for our welfare, gave a man $30 to convey to us a letter, <to us from <at> > & retu[r]n an answer, from —
<8> Monday 8[th]. after a tedious jou[r]ney we arrived at in . for our long confinement, had enfeebled our bodily powers, we arriv[e]d at [p. 49]
25 started to face the Superior Judges, & get writs of Habaes corpus, & after riding hundreds of miles to effect their object; retund [returned] to about the 4[th] of april during their absence I continued my Epistle to the as follows.— We continued (0) ..
April— 4 They called on who was mad at their having reported the case to the . & said he could have done all the business for you properly if you had come to me, & I would have signed the petitions for all execpt [except] Joe [Joseph Smith Jr.]. & he is not fit to live. I bid Bro s. & to be of good cheer. for we shall be delivered, but no arm but God can deliver us now. Told the brethren to be of good cheer & get them away as fast as possible. The brethn left on their return to ,—
50. men swore to kill Jo. 5 . Friday— 5— & arrived at . This day a company of about 50 men in swore that they “would never eat or drink until they had murdered Jo Smith.” Their Capt Wm Bowman Swore in the presence of , that he “would never eat or drink, after he had seen Jo Smith, until he had murdered him.”— Also 8 men, , who was county Judge, Dr. Loffity θ (Turly 3.) men.
committee. “The committee met April 5, (F. 6) Land.”
6 Saturday 6th. of April, evdintly [evidently] fearing a change of venue, or some movement on our part to escape his unhallowed persecution; (and most probably expecting that we would be murdered on the way) hurried myself & fellow prisoners off to , under a guard of about 10 men commanded by Samuel Tillery, Deputy Jailor of .— We were promised that we should go through , which was directly on our route, which our friends at that place knew, & were expecting us, but instead of fulfilling their promise they took us round the & out of the direct course 18 miles. far from habitations. where every opportunity presented for a general massacre.
This evening the committee met in council, prayer by . X. (F. 6) present.
7 Sunday. 7 we continued our Travels across the prairie. while the brethren at anxious for our welfare, gave a man $30 to convey a letter, to us at & return an answer, —
8 Monday 8[th]. after a tedious journey for our long confinement, had enfeebled our bodily powers, we arrived [p. 49]
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- Editorial Title
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
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- Total Pages
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- Willard Richards
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Footnotes
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171
See 4 Apr. 1839 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, pp. 907–912.
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172
See 5 Apr. 1839 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, pp. 912–913.
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173
See 6 Apr. 1839 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, pp. 913–914.
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174
See 7 Apr. 1839 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 914.
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175
See 8 Apr. 1839 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 914.
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