Letter from Oliver Olney, 1 July 1842

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Letter from Oliver Olney, 1 July 1842
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Oliver Olney
11 Aug. 1796–ca. 1845. Wool manufacturer, farmer. Born at Eastford, Windham Co., Connecticut. Son of Ezekiel Olney and Lydia Brown. Married first Alice (Elsa) Johnson, daughter of John Johnson and Alice (Elsa) Jacobs, 14 Sept. 1820, at Hiram, Portage Co.,...
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, 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 “the authorities of the Church of Latter Day Saints” (including JS),
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, Hancock Co., IL, 1 July 1842; handwriting of
Oliver Olney
11 Aug. 1796–ca. 1845. Wool manufacturer, farmer. Born at Eastford, Windham Co., Connecticut. Son of Ezekiel Olney and Lydia Brown. Married first Alice (Elsa) Johnson, daughter of John Johnson and Alice (Elsa) Jacobs, 14 Sept. 1820, at Hiram, Portage Co.,...
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; two pages; Oliver H. Olney Papers, Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

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See Historical Introductions to Letter to Oliver Olney, 15 July 1842, and Letter from Oliver Olney, 15 or 16 July 1842.
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[B]ut their day of reform is over And not to be recald

[The]y have moved with their Eyes open

[Bu]t they are left without exocurse [excuse]

[S]ome are in Iniquity and others coincide

[Bu]t forms a Union That they move in a mass

iniquity doth abound The love of many does wax cold

[Bu]t an utter destruction is decreed in the Citty of
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◊◊ng have ben with and with them

[Wo]uld have sympethised but I am wholy rejected by then <them>

[Th]at with them I have no home

[B]ut I have a reco[r]d of them as a fallen people

[Th]at have violated the Law of God

[T]hat will be handed down to futer [future] ages

[T]hat their works may be known

[T]hey often in aray assemble in gods name

◊◊t whine is their union but flead

[An]d is organizeation is decreed That is a ushering in

[B]ecause of bad works to their works is many

[T]hey think in the dark but it is written

[An]d <they> will be exsposed on the house tops

[Th]e sin of Ignorance is not in their behalf

[B]ecause of what they have done from time to time [p. [2]]
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Letter from Oliver Olney, 1 July 1842
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