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Preliminary draft of the Sept. 24, 1845 broadside on the Mormons leaving Nauvoo

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1550
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten manuscript addressed to a Qunicy citizens' committee and written by a council of the Mormon Church at the home of John Taylor. The writers asked that there be a cessation of hostile acts against the Mormons, including the burning of their homes, and expressed the intent of the majority of them to leave the area in the spring of 1846.

Dates: 1845
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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  • Subject: Latter Day Saints -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History X
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