Show I 1 CO copyright secured HISTORY OF JOSEPH sa s1 seith SMITH APRIL 1843 thursday 20 1 I went out with bro manhard to shew him some so me lots and settled with him and afterwards heard read a proof cheet of the elders conference elder rigdon received a letter last sunday informing him that the nauvoo post office was abolished abolished ile he foolishly supposed it genuine neglected his duty and started for cathage to learn more about it but was met by mr hamilton hamiltou an old mail contractor mho who satisfied him it was a hoax and lie returned home and the mail arrived as usual today to day friday ah 1 I 1 rode out in the city andin and in th tb e afternoon ii went ent to my farm there ere was an officer drill of the nauvoo legion saturday 22 the cohorts of the legion were in eker eier exercise exercise cise this thil day my stae staff feame came camo oat out with me and and spent the alay in riding exercising and organizing and sitting in court martial to ascertain to what nihat staff robert D I 1 foster roster eur geon geor i general pc huh hugli me alc fall adjutant general and daniel 11 wells commissary general beloti belonged ged sunday 23 nine to ten am at home heard read Tru thana no 6 also ile ila the lie minutes of special c al bonfi conference er 1 ence which I 1 revised E eleven ten a am M meeting at the temple stand B young P P pratt 0 pratt 0 hyde llyde geo A smith W richards present 0 hyue hyde prayed prest B young preached pr ached on the of salvation and the twelve commenced the their mission to build the nauvoo Ilo llo lious tise for the salvation of the church it was necessary the public buildings should be erected ie P P pratt pred preached ched in the afternoon chow in ing lh the rapid i ft rease of nauvoo during the pa past st three years Pete peter ralaN chaws called for twenty flenty five hands to go with him pine cou country Atry try to get lumber for the nauvoo house prest young instructed the laborers on the nauvoo house to commence next funru cr orning ing i even ever ei en if to beg food of their neighbors to commence with and LA milies families to boari hands till lilt means could be procured monday 24 in tha thel morning 1 I took tool my children a pleasure ride in the carriage at I 1 p in preat 13 young II 11 0 kimball 0 raylor geo A smith IV wood ruff and IV richards met me in council in my mv office 0 and agreed to go to augusta iowa towi spend the next sabbath and de devise vise means to se secure curc cure th the e property pro U erty e waith has been pur purchased I 1 chased of b t nauvoo house trustees and VIR voted rd john johp cames games arnes go an in a mission ta tm E england per fer der ila lla haive as ard and james brown drown to tuscaloosa tusca Tasca loosa alabama that thac eider elder murray marray san Tinie rinie instructed ted immediately and ana that mr nin lucin woith ile lie b e x requested imme immediately lately to furnish the twelve with a draft of the t e exterior and interior of the nauvoo house prince louis louls napoleon claimant of the imperial throne of france writes from his prison at ham to the pall Pari parisian sian siaA journals 11 1 I 1 would prefer P captivity on the trenel soll soil to fre freedom edorn in exile tuesday 2510 2110 the office in the morning rooming and heard read the proceedings of the twelve apostles yesterday lucius 11 scovil and ancl other masons came to see me conc cone ining IL G I 1 herwood sherwood 1 3 when I 1 twining tt was told that grand rand master 0 M nye was dead which daood canard the following remark IV when anye nye was liere trying to pull me by th e nose and trample on me I 1 inquired of the lord if I 1 was to be led by the nose and cuffed about by such a man I 1 received for answer wait a minute nye is dead and any man or nason mason who attempts to ride me down and 0 P r is me will run a against ainest the boss of beho v is buckler and will be quickly moved out oft of the ew way nye nse ye was waa a hypocritical presbyterian p preacher acher and was wag known to have committed adulte adultery anul tery in this cit city and violated his pe oath as a master mason he started an opposition lodge on the hill bill called the nye lodge oa on which subject I 1 said they will do us all ali alithe le injury they can but let them go ahead although ii it will result in a division of the lodge nye fearing the penalty of the c city nauvoo it ordinances on adultery speedily gad fled from nauvoo and soon after died stid suddenly denly in iowa lowa at aj pm rain fell in torrents and wind blew strong from N W several barns were blown down eo so dark for fifteen minutes could not see to write considerable hail fell the creeks rose roso very high the land covered with wednesday 26 at home squally and cold weather received of wilford woodruff a deed of N q of 91 4 block 12 on kimballs Kim balls second addi tion lion valued at 50 on tithing thursday day 27 at 11 am sat in mayors co court when jonathan ford proved a stolen horse visited at bro if IL C kimballs Kim balls v with ith william clayton the nye lod lodge e was installed on the hill english state documents show an annual loss of and 1000 laves on the coast cf of portsmouth for want of harbors of refuge friday 28 at home saturday 29 rode roje out oat to the with wilk my brothers william and samuel and john joha and apportioned a lot between sister and john scott elders B young 11 C kimball W woodruff geo A smith josaph young and ana peer peter haws flaws rode to augusta iowa sunday 30 the brethren held a meeting st at augusta k and had a good time abolt sainta saints an fn t were r present augusta is a flourishing flo alli atil little town there are three sawmills saw mills and two flour mills having excellent water privileges I 1 eg e 9 at 10 am a trial tri il commenced before the first presidency graham coltrin vs anson matthews being an ap appeal birst eal eai from the hi high 0 council on complaint 1 first for a lailure in refusing to perform according to contract respecting the sale of a piece of land by him sold to me second for transferring his property in a way to enable him to bid defiance to the result and force of law and to e vade evade the aforesaid contracts thereby wronging me out of my just claim to the same and anui also for lying ac ac iffe witnesses for plaintiff 11 IL G sherwood i N G bloda blodgett mett zebedee coltrin father col mry trin WIt witnesses for defence two affidavits of a george reads mrs matthews bro Br browett ovett samuel thompson richard slater decision decolon of the tiie council is that the charges charlca are not rot sustained monday may allay 11 1 I 1 rode out with lucien woodworth and paid him 20 20 for the nauvoo house which I 1 borrowed of william allen alien I 1 insert fac of the six brass plates found near in pike county illinois on april 23 by mr air it R wiley and anti others while excavating a large mound th thy v found a skeleton about elx eix alx aix feet from the surface of the earth I 1 which must have hive stood nine feet fet high the e plates wire were found oa 02 of the skeleton and were covered oa both s sides des with ancient chara cLara characters ciers |