Show i I 1 copyright secured HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH 1844 mayi mayl May xay ar 1 wednesday 1 heavy rain ra inand and wind windlass last night at homi home counseling un the brethren and rode out a short ashert simein time in the afternoon with a gentleman from quirica Qui ricy 0 elder Erder lyman wight and bishop george miller arrived from theline the pine country mr thomas A lyne a tragedian from new york assisted by G J adams and others got up a theatrical exhibition in the lower roop room of the masonic Alason le hall which was waa fitte fitted dup up ivi ivl with alth very tasteful scenery they performed pizarro the thi orphan of geneva genieva douglas the idiot witness damon and pythias and other plays with marked success the hall was well attended each svening evening t i and the audience expressed their entire s satisfaction a faction and tion thursday day 2 very windy all night breaking down large trees a thunderstorm thunder storm also at home antl ami counseling the brethren sent william clayton to wilson law to find out why he refused paying his hia note when he brought in some claims as a set bet off which clayton knew were paid leaving me no remedy but the glorious uncertainty ay the law at 10 a m the maid alaid of iowa lowall steamer started for rock river for a load of 0 wheat and corn to feed the laborers on the temple william clayton and col stephen Alark markham ham bam started to attend court at dixon on the case of joseph smith v harmon T wilson and joseph joseh HJ reynold reynolds s 17 in n the afternoon I 1 rode to the prairie to sell bell some bome landi and during my absence lucien woodworth returned from texas aaron johnson Joh naon made the following affidavit nauvoo mayad 1844 estat state e of illinois hancock co city of nauvoo personally appeared before me john taylor judge advocate of the nauvoo legion aaron johnson and being duly sworn deposes and says that on or about the day of april 1844 at the di dwelling illing house of wilson law in nauvoo ta aforesaid colonel R D foster surgeon in chief and bild brevet brigadier general of said nauvoo legion while talking about general jose joseph p smith asmith said that general smith kept a ga angoff ee of robbers and plunderers about his house for the purpose of robbing and plundering and he smith received half the spoils also that said general joseph smith tried to tt get him foster toko togo to go and kill boggs with many other ungentlemanly and like observations concerning said general smith and others 1 AARON JOHNSON ad comp regiment 1 ad cohort nauvoo legion personally appeared aaron johnson the signer of the above complaint and made oath t the he same me was true according to the best of his knowledge and belief the day and year above written before me JOHN TAYLOR judge advocate of the nauvoo legion friday 3 at home giving advice to brethren who were constantly calling to ask for counsel several thunder showers during the day in general council from 2 to 6 and from 8 to 10 pm lucien gave an account of his mission wrote a letter to uncle john smith and re quashed attend general council next bionda Alonda monday wi 5 the iol rol lowing following letter was written nauvoo may ad 1844 elder reuben bedlock Hed lock dear brother your long communication by elder kay ray was received two weeks last saturday aiso also thione theone the one by elder clark last saturday and we feel to thank you yon for the care you have taken to write us so particularly Weare we are glad giad to receive such communications and wish you to continue the same course as opportunities present the brethren have haye all had bad good passages four ships elder clark was only five weeks and three days to new orleans all things safe A all ali things are going on gloriously at nauvoo we shall shail make a great alake in the nation joseph for president your family is a well and friends generally we have already re received several hundred volunteers to go out elections elect ione lone enin erin gand preaching and more offer offering ng we go for stormi storming nr the nation but we must roust proceed to reality realities r the whisperings of the he spirit to us are that iou fou hovi will wili do well to content yourself awhile 4 nger in old england and ana let your wife remain where she is we hopcha temple may may be completed say one year from brorn this spring when in marly many respects changes will take place until then who can do better in en england land than yourself but we will not leave yo you comfortless less we will send elders to your assistance assistance for three or four months we want all the bop hop help heip we can get in the united states after which you may n ay expect help in the meantime you are at liberty to print I 1 as many stars 51 pamphlets hymn books tracts cards ac as you can sell and make all the money you can in righteousness dont reprint everything you get from nauvoo many things are printed here not best to circulate in england select and write doctrine I 1 and matter new neo new vew such aswill be useful to the saints in england and new to us so that when we exchange papers all will be edified god shall give you tou y 0 u wisdom it you will seek to him and you yott shall prosper in your printing we ave also wish you to unfurl your flag oil on your shipping office and send all the saints you can to new york or boston borton or philadelphia or any other port in the united states but not at our expense any longer long iong der ger behave we have need of some thin to sustain us in our labors and we want you io to go ahead with printing and shipping and make enough to sup support ort yourself and help us a bit you will doubtless find it necessary to employ br ward keep your books st straight rai ral ht so that we in the end can know every particular ship everybody to america you can get the money for saint and sinner a general shipping office and we would like to have our shipping agent in liver liverpool atle agle sleep on as good a bed eat at as respectable respectable respect a house keep as genteel an i office and have his boots shine as bright and blacked as often as any other office keeper lleeper yes sir make you money enough to wear a good broadcloth and show the world that you represent gentlemen of worth worthy character and respectability we will by and bye have offices from the rivers to the ends of the earth and we will begin at liverpool from this time and increase and IN INCREASE CREASi and INCREASE the business of the office as fast as it can be done in safety and circumstances will permit employ arun a run ner if necessary and show the world you can do a better and more honorable business than anybody else and more of it dont doht be afraid to blow biow your trumpet we need not say deal with everybody so that they will want to deal with you again and make all the money you honestly can send no more emigrants ev rants on emigration bools books or star money vioney tg temple tempie PI e orders for emigrants may be filled on temple tempie T ein PI e funds keep account of all moneys in in their thi e separate departments and favor us with a report occasionally ill i sell the books of mormon the first unity eunity if it be at a reduced price and forward the he money by the first safe conveyance to brigham Y young oung we will pay your wife as you requested in in your roun letter as soon as possible we vish rish vish you to 0 o take care of yourself fand and amily and withal help ua us beside and we ba have vo ilo lio novt nova put yo you u ill in possession of means to do it let nobody know your business but the underwriters our wives know not all our business neither does any elny wise mans wife know all thing thins s for the secret of the lord is with those that jear fear ear hinr hint and do his business a hint to the wise is sufficient but we willada wil ladd if you want us to do anything for your wife write us ami ani adl adi we will do it but keep our business from your wife and from everybody else we are glad to hear bear a door is open in france and have no objections to your going over and preaching ac but we ave think perhaps you will now find as much to do in Eil ell england edgland gland giand as you can find time to do it in if not go by all means we are in hopes of sending a special messenger to france in a few days it if so 30 very likely he may call on you and you ou pass over and gi give ve him an introduction this would be p pleasant I 1 ea nt for you all br dr bedlock Hed lock a word with you privately joseph said last conference that zion included all north and south america and after the temple was done and the elders endowed they would spread abroad and build up cities all over the united states but at present we are not to teach this doctrine n nay hold your tongue but by this you can see w why y it is wisdom for the saints 0 to o get into the united states anywhere rather than stay in england to starve the prophet has a charter for a iam lam dam from the lower line of the city to the island appo site montrose and from thence to the sand bar above in the mississippi could fi hive five ve six or seven thousand dollars be raised to commence the dam at the lower extremity and erect a building any machinery might be propelled by water the value of a steam engine would nearly build the dam sufficient for a cotton factory which we much need start some capitalists if you can itis the greatest speculation in the world a world of cotton and woollen goods are wanted here we have proposed to lr br clark dark to return to your assistance in the shipping business soon i also to enter into exchanges of goods and produce which be he will do he be has not decided what will hinder binder your doina doin doln a good business in shipping this sei season ison lson GOOD gow yes in competing wll wil with the tile first offlie offices pes in the tho city and by next season taking g the lead if not this when the saints get geb to new york boston ucklet ac let iet them go to work spread abroad ina inthe land or cometo nauvoo as they find nd con convenient enfelt and have means and when the season arrives arrives start a again in cornew orleans gri Pr ieans leans eans eang write silon boon soon after affer the recel receipt t of this and iet jet ua us know the prospect teti tell teli the saints when they arrive in america to make themselves as comfortable as they call can and be diligent in business and not dt be over anxious if they cannot come to nauvoo they i will find elders in all the states who will be ready to give them instruction and if they can gather something by the way by their industry to assist themselves with when hen they arrive here it will be well for them I 1 we have dropped the nauvoo house until the oe temple can be com completed complex piel pleW and ther thee temple tempie is going on finely we have had an open winter and forward spring nm tile the twelve are holding general conferences all over the united states they will go east soon and br young will write you as soon as as he fie gets the in forma tion to tell what house you can remit the book money to I 1 in no new york we shall shail have a stat Conven conventi convention tl 1 0 at nauvoo on oh the dinst an election A grgat griat many are beli bell believing vin the doctrine if any of the brethren wish to go to texas we wr haye hake no par r nicular objection you may send a hundred thousand there if you can in eighteen mo months anthi though we ie expect before that igou you will return to receive your endowment a and na then thep we w will ill I 1 consult your interest with others who may be going abroad about taking their families famili eg with them the kingdom is organized and altho aitho although as yet et no bigger than a grain rain of mustard su seed the little tittle little plant ia is in a flourishing condition and our prospects acts brighter than ever cousin lemuel is iery very very friendly and cultivating in the spirit of peace and union in his fa family f very extensively I 1 william and wilson law R D foster C L and F P iii lii higbee bee father cowles ac ha have ve organized a ne new w c hurch church laws and fosters were first cut off I 1 william villiam law is prophet james blakesley and cowles counselors higbee and foster of the twelve cannot learn all particulars charles ivins bishop old dr green and old john scott his counselors they are talking of sending a mission to england but it will probably be after this when they come among you the same old stori stork story over again the doctrine is right but josep joseph ia Is a fallen prophet your brethren in the new covenant BRIGHAM YOUNG WILLARD RICHARDS elder parley r pratt wrote from richmond mass blass as follows i dear br dr joseph and br dr orson spencer or whom it may conc concern erm this thia ia is to forewarn you that you have havea a snake in the gr grass iss a base traitor bind and hypo crite in your of whom perhaps per h ars i you I 1 may not be fully aware aware you may maya 1 think ink these harsh terms but hut I 1 speak from good evidence and geaw geak 9 speak the truth mr augustini Augus tiri spencer brother to elder eldir orson spencer er hak hai written a letter ietter from nauvoo which is now going the rounds in this neighborhood bo and is fraught g with the most infamous slander and lies lles concerning joseph smith and others and which 1 ch is ai calculated to embitter the them minds of we the people who read ar or hear of it it affirms that joseph smith is in the habit of drinking swearing swea W carousing carp using dancing all night ac c ac and n that that he kee lee keeps Ps six or seven young females as wives c and many other s ach such like ilke insinuations at the same time ilme he be cautions the people to whom he writes to keep the letter in such a way that a knowledge of its contents may not reach nauvoo as 33 he e says be he is lef on intimate I 1 terms and confidential frIends friendship hip bip with the prophet jo jol and the mormons cormons Mor mons and that be he I 1 hopes to g get g et into office by their means thi this I 1 is is his own acknowledgment of his own basen baseness ess imposition and hypocrisy I 1 have not seen the letter myself but have carefully examined the testimony of those who have and alid I 1 hae also 11 seen been e n and witnessed its baneful effects upon the people here now I 1 say to the saints let such a man mail alone severely shun shurl him as they would tile the pestilence be not deceived by a smooth tongue topple 0 nor flattering words neither I 1 accept of a any ans ny excuse nor apology u until he boldly cont contradicts and counteracts his lying words worda wol wor da abroad but rather expose and anti unmask him in your midst that he may be known and consequently become powerless ie if he is not already so I 1 an am well and expect to be in boston tomorrow to morrow I 1 remain remain as ever I your our friend and brother in the love of the truth P P PRATT richmond mabs mass may blay 3rd ard 1844 saturday 4 rode out on the prairie r vr r ie to sell some land the ile stone work for four circular windows finished cuttin cutting for the middle story of the Teu tempie temple elder W woodruff moved itle lile into his bis new rick brick house A court martial was detailed as as follows head read quarters nauvoo legion may ath 1844 to alanson ripley servant serge ant major 2nd and cohort nauvoo legion i you are hereby forthwith commanded to notify the following named officers of the nauvoo A legion to assemble at the office of lie lle t gen joseph smith alth aith orr on bridak friday the loth dinst at nine am amr as ni members ern ein ers era of a court martial detailed for the the trial of R D foster poster surgeon in chief and brevet brigadier general of the nauvoo legion on the complaint of aaron Joh johnson nion for like and unbecoming conduct and hereof fail not and make re 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