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Bettisworth, David

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David Bettisworth report

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244821]
Identifier: MSS SC 677
Scope and Contents

Holograph. A statement signed by Bettisworth having delivered Joseph Smith, Jr., et al. to R.H. Smith, Justice of the Peace, for trial in Charthage, Illinois.* Noted on the document are constable's fees, and three men, Orrin Porter Rockwell, William Edwards and Samual Bennett, not found after release by writ of habeas corpus. The 18 men listed on the document were those cited on a writ for riot in the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor.

Dates: 1844
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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