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Summary
Order from w:Joseph Smith acting as Mayor to the city Marshal commanding the destruction of the w:Nauvoo Expositor
Transcript:
"State of Illinois City of Nauvoo To the Marshall of said City Greeting You are hereby commanded to destroy the printing press from whence issues the Nauvoo Expositor, and pie the Type of said printing establishment in the streets and burn all the Expositors and libellous hand bills found in said establishment and if resistance is offered to your execution of this order by the owners or others, demolish the house and if any one threatens you or the Mayor or the officers of the city, arrest those who threaten you, and fail not to execute this order without delay, and write and return hereon By order of the city council Joseph Smith Mayor Mayors office Nauvoo June 10th. 1844."
URL: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/mayors-order-to-nauvoo-city-marshal-10-june-1844/1
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| current | 21:12, 12 June 2024 | | 1,098 × 1,367 (850 KB) | AIJFMM | Order from Joseph Smith acting as Mayor to the city Marshal commanding the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor Transcript: "State of Illinois City of Nauvoo To the Marshall of said City Greeting You are hereby commanded to destroy the printing press from whence issues the Nauvoo Expositor, and pie the Type of said printing establishment in the streets and burn all the Expositors and libellous hand bills found in said establishment and if resistance is offered to your execution of this order... |
