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Preparing for war against the Mormons...
Preparing for war against the Mormons...
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October 05, 1844
NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 5, 1844
* Nauvoo Legion militia - Illinois
* Mormons - Mormonism War ?
* Governor Thomas Ford
Pages 3 and 4 has a report from Illinois: "More Trouble at Nauvoo" which noters in part: "Gov. Ford has ordered 2500 militia & volunteers into service for the protection of Nauvoo... a project in which some thousands of the Missourians are said to be enlisted to be with the anti-Mormon earth in Illinois in a proposed Wolf Hung...supposed their projected movements upon the Mormons would be decided on. The Illinois military are rallying for defence."
Another page has a quite lengthy: "General Jackson's Letter" concerning Texas, datelined at the Hermitage and & signed in signed in type: Andrew Jackson.
Sixteen pages, 8 1/2 by 12 inches, nice condition.
background: In 1844, Governor Thomas Ford of Illinois became a central figure during the crisis in Nauvoo involving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Amid rising tensions between Mormons and non-Mormons in Hancock County, Governor Ford ordered the state militia to ensure peace. After the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor—an anti-Mormon newspaper—by order of Joseph Smith, Nauvoo's mayor and the LDS Church's prophet, Ford viewed the situation as increasingly volatile.
As noted in Wikipedia, this title: "...(was) one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States...Devoted primarily to politics...considered an important source for the history of the period."
Category: Pre-Civil War
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