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Petition to United States Congress, 29 November 1839

 
Petitioned, and their Petitions have been  treated with silence & contempt. Shall  they apply to the Courts Federal Courts?  They were at the time <of the injury> Citizens of the State  of Missouri

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Mormon missionaries...

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— Shall they apply to the courts  of the State of Missouri

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Mormon missionaries...

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? Whom sh◊◊◊  they s◊◊◊, The order for their destruction  their extermination was granted by  the Executive of the State of Missouri

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Mormon missionaries...

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.  Is not this a peice of justification  for the acts of individuals done in  pursuance of that order? If not before  whom shall the mormons institute  a trial? Should they summon as Jury of  the individuals who composed the Mob  an appeal to them were in vain—  They dare [not?] go to Missouri

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Mormon missionaries...

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to institute a suit. Their  lives would be in danger.
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<Far West

Originally called Shoal Creek. Located fifty-five miles northeast of Independence. Surveyed 1823; first settled by whites, 1831. Site purchased, 8 Aug. 1836, before Caldwell Co. was organized for Latter-day Saints in Missouri. William W. Phelps and John Whitmer...

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<Petition to Congress  for redress>
<(ab. 29 Nov. 1839)>

Insertions in the handwriting of Thomas Bullock.  

 
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