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Evening and Morning Star |
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Mob attacks, demolishes homes
Men beaten
Riot in Independence
False imprisonment
Rioter freed
Two Mormons tarred and feathered
Battle at Big Blue |
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With the December 1833 issue of
the Evening and Morning Star, editor Oliver Cowdery commences a
series of articles titled "Outrage in Jackson." The first installment
begins with an article from the Boonville Herald, which downplays
violence in Jackson county except a Mormon ambush §.
Also published is Orson Hyde's November 8, 1833 letter to the editor which
reports the destruction of homes at the Whitmer settlement on October 31,
destruction of the Mormon press and store in Independence on November 1,
and a battle above the Big Blue river on the 2nd §. |
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Outrage in
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An extract from an October 30 letter
emphasizes the defensive posture of the Mormons §.
Extracts from November letters detail the attack of October 31 and subsequent
events § to the desperate attempts of refugees
to escape the violence beginning on November 5 § and
additional details through November 17 §. |
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| Prisoners |
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Orson corrects errors about
prisoners (which had not been published) and cannonading. |
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Outrage
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| Mobber's story |
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A mobber's side of the
story is recorded in Don Carlos Smith's diary entry in 1838 (3). |
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| 1845 |
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Times and Seasons |
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"Savage barbarity and mobocracy"
in Jackson county. Local leaders agree Mormons will leave. The Evening
and Morning Star blameless. Mob demands
all Mormons leave immediately and burn the home/printing office of W.
W. Phelps to the ground, tar and feather Edward Partridge and Charles
Allen, and coerce A. S. Gilbert into closing the Lord's storehouse. Three
days later local leaders agree all Mormons will leave the county by April
1, 1834. Lieutenant Governor Lilburn W. Boggs and nine ministers among
the mobbers. |
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JS history in TS, 1845.
Missouri
Persecutions (1) |
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Aftermath of July 20, 1833 attack.
Minutes of citizens meetings on July 20 and 23. Agreement signed by both
parties on July 23.
The concerns of non-Mormon residents. |
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Missouri
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Zion high council meetings, August
1833. F. G. Williams & Co. to print the Star and Messenger
and Advocate. Edward Partridge the head of the church of Zion. Petition
of redress to Missouri governor. Mob accusations refuted. |
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Missouri
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Joseph and Sidney gone to Canada.
No recent revelations. Council seeking redress.
Temple construction, printing office (and school of prophets). Oliver and
Newel in New York. Keep speaking in tongues
quiet. |
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Missouri
Persecutions (4) |
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October 31, 1833: mob
of 40–50 partially destroy 10 Mormon homes west of Big Blue River
and severely beat several men. November 1: mob attacks
the Prairie settlement. Two are captured. Parley injured but helps capture
two assailants. Mob breaks into Independence store, scatters contents,
demolish Sidney Gilbert's home, break the doors and windows of every Mormon
residence in town. November 2: mob fires on Mormons above the Big Blue,
Mormons return fire, wounding one. November 4: mob of 200–300 assemble in Independence.
At night, some proceed to the Big Blue, met by Mormons, who fire on them.
Several wounded on both sides, one fatality. |
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Missouri
Persecutions (5) |
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November 4, 1833 Sidney
Gilbert, Isaac Morley, John Corrill jailed but released the next day.
Lieutenant Governor Lilburn Boggs calls out the militia, Mormons surrender
arms. |
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Missouri
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| High council appeal |
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From Clay county the high council
of Zion makes a public appeal for public and governmental support. |
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July 1834 Appeal |
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Jackson County
Zion's Camp
Missouri
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