Parley P. Pratt, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason]
Source Note
, Testimony, , Hancock Co., IL, 1 July 1843, Extradition of JS for Treason (Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court 1843). Copied [between 3 and 6 July 1843]; handwriting of ; signature of by ; docket by , [, Hancock Co., IL, 6] July 1843; notation by , ca. [6] July 1843; twelve pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL.
after being told by that they were to be massacred the following morning & the burnt to ashes without giving any information by what authority— And further states that he only escaped <himself> from that by walking out of the gaol when the door was open to put in food, & came out in obedience to the ’s order of banishment & to fulfil the same—