Petition to United States Congress, circa 29 November 1839, Draft
Source Note
JS, , and , Petition Draft, , to United States Congress, Washington DC, ca. 29 Nov. 1839; handwriting of ; 35 pages; JS Collection, CHL. Includes dockets.
<them were daily expected a force from the to protect thier lives and thier property from the Mob When this formidable array first made its appearan[c]e intent upon peace the sent a White flag several miles to meet them to ascertain the reason why an armed force was marching against them and what we might expect at their hands they gave us no satisfaction but continued marching toward immediately on their arrival a man came bearing a white flag from their Camp he was interogated about his business he answered the interogations saying they wanted three persons out of before they Massacreed the rest those persons refused to go and he returnd back to the camp he was closely followed by and his whole brigad[e] marching to the City of in line of battle The Citizens also of found a line of battle in full front of s Army upon this orderd a halt and then a retreat>
before they massacreed the rest. Night closed upon both parties without any collision. On the next day towards evening the mormons were officially informed that the of the had sent this imme[n]se force against them to Massecre them or to drive them from the . As soon as the Mormons learned that this order had the sanction of the of the , they determined to make no further resistance to submit themselves as well as they could to <the> authorities of the , however tyrannical and unjust soever the exercise of that authority might be.
The commanders of the Militia before sent a messinger into [p. 26]
Petition to United States Congress, circa 29 November 1839, Draft
ID #
1895
Total Pages
36
Print Volume Location
Handwriting on This Page
Robert D. Foster
Elias Higbee
Footnotes
Insertion in the handwriting of Robert D. Foster. This insertion was written on a separate slip of paper pasted over the top of page 26, replacing whatever text was there originally.