Show demcio TO rne THE L LIFE I 1 F E A AND ND WRITINGS OF me latr ELOE PARLEY PARKER lla PRA I 1 i it i T 1 contemplate publishing an edition of 0 the J 0 o and writings ot of the lato late eider elder parley 1 ker kep pratt written by himself my father tather desired to have this thib work published while on his last mission to the astern eastern states but not being able to accomplish Us object ho he placed the manuscript in tit care ot of elder goo A smith who was then hi in the last rast requesting him to convey the samo 0 safely into my hands hanis on 1 ate rt niall elder eider smiths it h 13 arrival rival home homey the writing writings s were delivered to me previous PL evious however to tho the author authors s going at east ho bo placed me under colemn promise and covenant that in case he did not live uve to see his hla history bistor y in print in n dua dna times time I 1 would have it published in order to carry out the deaf design and request ic ot of my much respected and lamented father I 1 am now sending gout out thid this prospectus that the public may be ap apprised of the nature and general charac character tor toe 1 of work and bo be prepared to subscribe for tor the same it they seel feel fee see disposed A perusal ot of the work will bilow that the author ha not heen been tho the recorder of a certain number of duelp dull duil sta leand ing ng events but in writing his ids me life ho he has bestowed upon it a great amount ol 01 eare care thought and labor passing over portions that would be of no interest to the general reader and selecting the most noted and striking incidents ort oft ol 01 as he says baya himself hilm elfy elfo a truly truls eventful life sandwith and with the pen ora ofa of a ready writer weaving them into history with an originality a force and beauty of st style c ape Ipe peculiar cunnar cuffar to himself in reading tho the work I 1 am strongly stingly reminded of thet tho saying that truth is str auger m than fiction and in conversing about it with the tho general historian of the church lion hon G george eorge porge A smith he remarked to me your fathies history is written vr itten in his best and nd happiest style and la fia one of the tho most a interesting works that thap tha I 1 have ble ever perused below I 1 give portions portion sos ot the headings heading sto to some few chapters etc I 1 genealogy etc 2 childhood youth aduca I 1 ion ton early impressions Jour journey nev neN to the N vest west make a new farnal farn taru in the wilderness of oswego chapter CHATTER 5 revisit Cana anNY interesting meeting marriage to my forest home item CHAP char CHAPTER charter een ein TEn 7 interview with hyrum smith visit to the church ministry among rn my kindred and baptism of my brother ay orson wonderful signs in the luh inh leavens heavens first interview with joseph smith description crip tion of ids liia person and abilities etc CHAPTER 13 12 debeul description t 10 n ot of the tho inhabitants on the south side sido do of the missouri luver instantaneous healing strange manifestations discourse an board a a stoa a mer on the tho ath of july its etrest effect A v voice cef cel ce from the dead exposure in crossing the tho swamps hospitality of a Pi preacher eacher etc CHAPTER IB an army long along marh march A voice delegation to the governor apoi apol A solemn oath Great storm and flood mob committee laborwitt Labor with my hands dancla cailini calling and aw ordination of the quorum of the twelve apostles my orill na nation blessing and charge CHAPTER IT 17 to kirtland Kirt Tand A temple endowments ings visions etc visit from II 11 C kimbail kimball A remarkable prophecy and its fullil fulfilment fulfillment ment mis siou slon to canada lulls lulis of niagara reflections 1 I 1 alad CHAPTER ALAP cen TEn 2 33 1 tic lic Ile betrayal and imprisonment of joseph smith and others secret inqui atory trial of the prisoners sentence en terice of death med A judas preaching hi in camp by pres pros Smith Farewell cenes scenes 43 charter CHAPTER 25 massacre at hauns hanns mill CHAPTER carter 27 17 conduct of colonel price and guards rebuke by joseph smith contrast between king herod and governor boggs wholesale extermination of the mormons cormons threatened M family i visit isif me in prison CHAPTER 29 joseph smith and ilk lik fellow prisoners phi reflections in prison mock trial final escape P P pratt pratts ja lin imprisonment pris and escape while in missouri from the pree preceding edIng headings selected at random the public publio will be enabled to form a tolerably correct t idea of the character of the work in its pages will be sound found many y of og the authors bea poetical productions including hij lit last entitled MY FIFTIETH YEAR the former works ort oft of the fhe fie author have been received by the public with great favor libs hla autobiography the crowning labor of his life lite I 1 feel confident will possess as 03 strong claims upon the favor of I 1 tho iho he general reader as any of its ita predecessors while to th the latter day sainte salute it will have an all absorb ing interest inhere 4 as a 0 record oc the ae life labo labors and ministry of one of the first and most prominent elderson elders elder of the church the work will contain at least imst three throe fourths as much reading as the book of mormon irwill it will wiil be published in one volume u m e bv by subscription on good caperon paper in good s sized t wd clear type and will bo be bound in cloth calf and morocco the price per copy copa 9 bound in cloth cioth V tabo 50 46 cloth gilt at 49 calf gilt it 99 morocco gilt it Is 13 expected that the work willbe gift bo ready for distribution to subscribers in about twelve months from tho the date of this prospectus I 1 design visiting the country soliciting subscriptions the autobiography which I 1 am about to publish will contain a full and complete account of the authors it ilfe life re I 1 from rom his hia boyhood to hia hla martyrdom I 1 and I 1 trust irwill it will bowell bo well weil recell rocel ed and duly appreciated by py all lovers of truth and aye joe the means iwans through the blessing of god of accomplishing much good for it may now bo said par of the author as it was said of 0 Abeli yik he being dead yet speak eth yours respectfully P P PRATT allatt N NB D the work will be sent cent post paid to any part of tho the country on receipt of the price either in U S currency orp or orr P 0 orders for the amount must be addressed fo to P P Pr tATT tact i PO nox box salt lako lake city city jan to I 1 S mra swi bwl wl at |