<​Friday July 7​> <​Mr. Braman​> A messenger arrived from the <​arrived in ,​> requesting <​a copy of​> all the testimony that was given before the Municipal Court, & other affidavits pertaining <​concerning the expulsion of the Mormons​> to <​from​>

I therefore employed , , & , in addition to my other Clerks, who sat up all night <​to​> copying the testimony.

In addition to the above, I gave <​made​> the following affidavit “State of (Copy it) .”

Also & , joined with me in the following “State of (copy)

Afterwards , <​,​> , , , , & , joined in making the following affidavit “State of (copy it)

About 4 p m , , & , <​& ​> started on the Steamer “Rapids” on their Eastern Mission.

<​8​> Municipal Court & sat, & approved of the copies of the evidence heard on the , & prepare <​revised it​> <​for the Press.​> in the P.M. <​afternoon​> started with , , , , & s affidavits to carry to the .

arrived from the , with 157,000 feet of lumber, & 70,000 shingles & loose boards— for the .

, & , arrive at & reship on board “the Lancet” for .

<​Sunday 9.​> Meeting at the in the morning; I addressed the Saints, of which the following is a brief synopsis of as reported by Dr.

this a.m. <​morning​> <​& ​> returned from , & reported <​ stated to me​> that on the 4th. they drove to , hired fresh horses & got to <​124 miles​> about 7 a m on the morn<​ing​> of the 5th. in advance of the Mail about 2 hours, & ready to see the with the documents— the affidavits were in the possession <​* below​>

In the evening started for to carry <​further​> affidavits & see .

<​10​> I rode out with to the

The following piece of Poetry was composed by Miss on the occasion of my late arrest at

<​11​> I rode out with my family in the Carriage

<​* of , who refused to give them up, either to the or him, on account of a political squib in the State Register, charging with making Capital Stock out of Joseph Smiths <​my​> arrest to favor his election to Congress; he then demanded them as Joseph my Agent, telling him that if he would not give them up he would take them <​from him​> if he had to knock <​him​> down for them; then turned & said “I will do my duty if it takes my head,” & then went with him <​& delivered the papers,​> to the & gave them up— When they received the decision of the , started on their return home— when they returned to they learned that Gen. had been staying there two or three weeks, with a posse of 10 or 12 men, waiting for an opportunity of transporting me to , & had only left there the morning previous to when they learned the decision of ​> [p. 55]