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Mormon troubles in Nauvoo...
Mormon troubles in Nauvoo...
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September 08, 1846
DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Sept. 8, 1846
* Mormons - Mormonism
* Battle of Nauvoo, Illinois
Page 3 has a lengthy report headed: "More Mormon Troubles" taking about three-quarters of a column. It begins: "Another outbreak of animosity, portending strife and conflict, which has been for some time in progress in the vicinity of Nauvoo, seems at length to be approaching a crisis...". This is followed by quite detailed reports, all seen in the photos.
Four pages, good condition.
background: The report in the Daily National Intelligencer captures the frantic atmosphere of late August 1846, when the uneasy truce in Hancock County finally collapsed into open hostilites. At the heart of this "crisis" was the arrival of a massive anti-Mormon posse, led by Thomas Brockman, which had transitioned from a mere legal protest into a full-scale paramilitary siege of Nauvoo. The dispatch details how the remaining inhabitants—a mix of "New Citizens" who had recently purchased property and a vulnerable remnant of Mormons unable to afford the trek west—were forced to fortify the city with makeshift breastworks and "steamboat cannons" crafted from scrap iron. This specific report likely highlights the escalation from small skirmishes in the nearby cornfields to the formal demand for unconditional surrender, signaling the end of the Mormon era in Illinois and the beginning of a desperate, forced migration that would leave hundreds stranded in "Poor Camps" across the Mississippi River.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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