“To his Excellency, , Govenor of the State of . <​Sept. 28, 1833​>

We, the undersigned, citizens of the republic of the , inhabitants of the state of , and residents of , members of the , (vulgarly called Mor[HC 1:410]mons,) beleiving in God, and worshipping him according to his revealed will contained in the holy Bible, and the fulness of the Gospel contained in the Book of Mormon, and the revelations and of God through Jesus Christ, respectfully show:—

That, we your petitioners, having purchased lands of the , and of the state of , and of the inhabitants of said state, for the purpose of improving the same and peaceably enjoying our rights, privileges, immunities and religion, according to the Constitution and laws of the State and National Governments, have suffered unjustly and unlawfully in property, in person, and in reputation, as follows: First, in the spring of 1832, some persons, in the deadly hours of the night, commenced stoning or brickbatting some of our houses and breaking in our windows, disturbing ourselves, our wives and our children, and also, some few days after, they called a County meeting to consult measures to remove us, but after some confusion among themselves, they dispersed with doing no more than threatning, on that day. In the fall of the same year, they or some one, burned a large quantity of hay in the stack; and soon after commenced shooting into some of our houses, at and at many times insulting with abusive language.

Secondly about the middle of July last, yea, in fact, previous, they commenced brickbatting our houses again, and breaking in our Windows. [p. 346]