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Historian’s Office, martyrdom account; handwriting of Jonathan Grimshaw, , and ; 76 pages plus several inserted pages; CHL.
For more information on the History Drafts, see Introduction to History Drafts, 1844–1856.
Historical Introduction
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See Historical Introduction to Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft.
<again> get out of the hands of his enemies, when he replied: “<my> brother thinks I shall; and that is just as well as if I thought so. I wish you would tell the brethren in Macedonia that they can see by this, that it has not been safe for me to visit them and tell I want him to come and assist me as an attorney at my <expected> trial tomorrow before Captain <(Justice)> R[obert] F. Smith. then left the jail to convey this message to <who was> at Macedonia.
<’s Journal>
6 p.m. Copied witnesses’ names [blank] and . brought the following;
“I would advise the to Keep the Messrs. Smiths in the room in which I found them this morning, unless a closer confinement should be clearly necessary to prevent an escape.
,
Governor & Commander in Chief”
June 26th.1844.”
6¼ p.m. Received the following letter from : “Dear President (copy) .” <This letter was sent from by <> Joseph instructed to return to with all haste to procure <and fetch> a number of documents for the promised trial>
25 min to 7. Sent <a message> to [blank] to get supper <subpoenas> for , [p. 41]
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Insertion written vertically over the preceding paragraph in the center of the page, apparently indicating that this information came from John Smith’s journal; handwriting of Jonathan Grimshaw.