The Mormons in Nauvoo...

Item # 705183

October 01, 1842

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 1, 1842 Pages 3 & 4 have a report headed: "Mormonites--From Nauvoo" beginning: "Our last accounts represented the Prophet Joe and the Mormons as going ahead quietly & rapidly. No arrest or delivery has been made..." and this is followed by another report: "Joe Smith Not Absqatulated [to leave abruptly]" concerning Joe Smith being arrested for the attempted assassination of Gov. Boggs.
Other news of the day including letters signed by Henry Clay, John Tyler & Winfield Scott.
Sixteen pages, 8 1/2 by 12 inches, very nice condition.

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