Letters, 1897.

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Letters, 1897.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122487159

Tells of the lynching of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in Carthage, Illinois. Also relates tending to a wounded John Taylor. Written to his daughter.

39 pp. : photostat.

Utah Division of State History, Utah Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6731076

Utah Division of State History, Utah Historical Society

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Taylor, John, 1808-1857.

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Haskett, Miranda Barnes.

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Smith, Joseph, jr., 1805-1844

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First president of the Mormon Church and mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois. From the description of Arrest warrant, 1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367395229 First president of the Mormon Church and Illinois militia leader. From the description of Letter, 1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435774 Founder of the Mormon Church and its first president. From the description of Diaries, 1832-1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609014 ...

Barnes, Thomas L. (Thomas Langley), 1812-1901

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Physician. From the description of Letters, 1897. (Utah Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122487159 Thomas L. Barnes was born in North Carolina in 1812. He served as a medical officer during the Black Hawk War and was a member of the Carthage Grays that guarded Joseph Smith when he was imprisoned at Carthage, Illinois. Barnes was also said to have performed Smith's autopsy. In 1854 Barnes traveled briefly to Salt Lake City, where he escaped an attack by Mormons who re...