Illinois. Militia
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Minor R. Deming letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325752]
Identifier: MSS SC 2707
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter dated 17 July 1845 and addressed to "Gen. Ewing." Deming admits that the hope of expelling the Mormons from Hancock County had been abandoned and indicates that he had been accused of the murder of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith.
Dates:
1845 July 17
Sarah D. Gregg letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325745]
Identifier: MSS SC 2706
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter dated 14 June 1844 and addressed to her husband, Thomas Gregg, in Rock Island, Illinois. The item was composed in Carthage, Illinois. Sarah tells Thomas about militia preparations to meet the Mormon threat.
Dates:
1844 June 14
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