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History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
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History draft; handwriting of Jonathan Grimshaw, , , 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
Historical Introduction
Sunday 28 At home <A beautiful clear day.> all day
My brother preached at the in the morning, & among other things said the time will shortly come that when <one man makes another an offender for a word, he shall be cut off from the .
There were Prophets before Adam, and Joseph has the Spirit <and power> of all the Prophets
Prest. also spoke very pointedly and truly about and others.
was cursed, and the people cried Amen.>
<Several persons were in the , at the foot of Main Street.>
<X>
There was a meeting at ’s, near the Saw Mill, of those who had been cut off from the Church, and their dupes. Several affidavits were <which they had> taken, and <were> read against Joseph <me> and others— were read , , , John Scott Senr. , , and were appointed a Committee to visit the different families in the , and see who would join the new Church, (i.e.) as they had decided that I was a fallen Prophet &c and they appointed in my place— who choose and as his Counsellors & to <be two of> the &c &c— as report says.
preached up Joseph in the A.M. and in the P.M. joined the Anties— they choose ,
<X> There was a meeting of the Twelve Apostles, and others, in the in the afternoon.
Prayer meeting in the evening— When they <the brethren> prayed for <the sick; a deliverance from> our enemies;— <a favrable termination to> lawsuits; &c, &c. I had been suddenly taken sick & was therefore unable to attend.
A of Elders assembled at , or , . presiding, when a of was organized, consisting of 31 members. , Prest.— Philip Gardner & Joseph S. Allen his Counsellors, & James C. Snow, Clerk.
Monday 29 At home, received a visit from of , who gave me a gold pencil case, sent me by bro. Theodore Curtis, who is now in , & the first words I wrote with it, were “God bless the man”.
At 11 a m came up for trial. Joseph <I> transferred the case to Alderman .
objected to the jurisdiction of the Court— also to our informality in the Writ— &c.
The Court decided he had not jurisdiction. Esqre. Noble from assisted the was present.
<I called a special session of the City Council at 3½ p.m. when it was voted that take the place of during his absence this season— also in place of . in place of . in place of . in place of as Councillers in the City Council. Els as Alderman in place of .>
Lieutt. Williams filed his affidavit versus Major General , & he was suspended from office to await his trial <before a Court Martial of the ,> for ungentlemanly conduct, &c. <& he was notified of his command in the Legion being suspended & to <was notified> to take command— and <also> notified seven officers to sit as a Court Martial.>
& were <was> suspended for trial about the same time.
Steamer “Mermaid” touched at at 5 p m <for a short time> when going down.
published the following in the Neighbor “All is peace (211) <Methodist. ”> [p. 37]
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See 28 Apr. 1844 entry in JS History, vol. E-1, pp. 2025–2026.
- [152]
TEXT: This “X” symbol corresponds to another “X” symbol ten lines below, indicating that the text following the second symbol should be moved here.
Insertion in handwriting of Jonathan Grimshaw.
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TEXT: This “X” symbol corresponds to another “X” symbol ten lines above, indicating that the text following this symbol should be moved before the preceding two paragraphs.
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See 29 Apr. 1844 entry in JS History, vol. E-1, pp. 2026–2027.
Cancellation and insertion in handwriting of Jonathan Grimshaw.