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Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 17–18 March 1843, Draft

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JS, Letter,
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Hancock Co., IL, to
James Arlington Bennet

21 Dec. 1788–25 Dec. 1863. Attorney, newspaper publisher, educator, author. Born in New York. Married first Sophia Smith, 8 May 1811. Served as third and later second lieutenant in First U.S. Artillery, 1 Aug. 1813–14 Oct. 1814. Published American System ...

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Arlington House

Long Island residence of James Arlington Bennet, who corresponded with JS, 1842–1843. Bennet purchased a hundred acres of land in New Utrecht, New York, in 1825 and there built the residence known as “Arlington House.” He deeded it to his son, James H. A....

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, [New Utrecht, Kings Co.], NY, 17–18 Mar. 1843, draft; handwriting of
William W. Phelps

17 Feb. 1792–7 Mar. 1872. Writer, teacher, printer, newspaper editor, publisher, postmaster, lawyer. Born at Hanover, Morris Co., New Jersey. Son of Enon Phelps and Mehitabel Goldsmith. Moved to Homer, Cortland Co., New York, 1800. Married Sally Waterman,...

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; four pages; JS Collection, CHL.

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Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 17–18 March 1843

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from his ‘long reach,’ by the still longer arm of
United States

North American constitutional republic. Constitution ratified, 17 Sept. 1787. Population in 1805 about 6,000,000; in 1830 about 13,000,000; and in 1844 about 20,000,000. Louisiana Purchase, 1803, doubled size of U.S. Consisted of seventeen states at time ...

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jurisprudence. Before the
United States

North American constitutional republic. Constitution ratified, 17 Sept. 1787. Population in 1805 about 6,000,000; in 1830 about 13,000,000; and in 1844 about 20,000,000. Louisiana Purchase, 1803, doubled size of U.S. Consisted of seventeen states at time ...

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district court, my case was fairly treated, and I was justly liberated. Always so in righteousness.
You mention
Bennett

3 Aug. 1804–5 Aug. 1867. Physician, minister, poultry breeder. Born at Fairhaven, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. Son of John Bennett and Abigail Cook. Moved to Marietta, Washington Co., Ohio, 1808; to Massachusetts, 1812; and back to Marietta, 1822. Married ...

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’s book as a total failure. Exactly so; No weapon formed against Zion can prosper;— and he may learn, if he has not, that iniquity has its inconveniences as well as greatness. Every one that has attempted to rise up and destroy me or the
church

The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...

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, has had the solemn opportunity, and awful facts presented, that sudden and violent moves, too often bring shame and disgrace in this world, and wretchedness and ruin hereafter. No government; no body of men, or person, can long exist and do business in the sight of heaven, without truth and virtue, you say “well, peace be to his manes,”— but permit me to declare that while intelligence continues, there will be no peace for the wicked, according to scripture.
As to
James Gordon Bennett

1 Sept. 1795–1 June 1872. Journalist, newspaper owner. Born at Newmill, Keith, Banffshire, Scotland. Catholic. Moved to Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, ca. 1815; to Halifax, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, 1819; to Boston; to New York, ca. 1822; to Charleston...

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, I think he will be fully satisfied what my opinion is of him when he reads the story of the "lion" in the Times & Seasons of Feb 15, 1843. I have no knowledge that he holds a commision in the
Nauvoo Legion

A contingent of the Illinois state militia provided for in the Nauvoo city charter. The Nauvoo Legion was organized into two cohorts: one infantry and one cavalry. Each cohort could potentially comprise several thousand men and was overseen by a brigadier...

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. His name is not on the Rank Roll. You can best account for that. Your relation of his intentions in extracting from the ‘Times and Seasons, is all in course; the great object was too glaring upon the face of it. to be mistaken aside from the folly, vanity, and hotch potch, which spotted his comments, [p. [2]]
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