Nauvoo City Council, Resolution, , Hancock Co., IL, 18 Dec. 1841. Version copied [ca. 18 Dec. 1841] in Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, p. 37; handwriting of ; CHL.
Resolved by the City Council of the City of , That the high minded & honorable Editor of the New York Weekly Herald— , Esq. is deserving of the lasting gratitude of this Community, for his very liberal & unprejudiced Course towards us as a People, in giving us a fair hearing in his Paper,— thus enabling us to reach the Ears of a Portion of the Community, who, otherwise, would ever have remained ignorant of our principles & practices. [p. 37]