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Excerpt from The Diamond: Being the Law of Prophetic Succession, and a Defence of the Calling of James J. Strang as Successor to Joseph Smith
This letter was received at Burlington by regular course of mail, coming through the distributing Q?ice at Chicago, and bears the Nauvoo post mark ofjune 19, the day following its date. It arriv ed at Burlin ton July 9th, and was immediately taken from the office by C. J). Barnes, Esq., a distinguished lawyer at that lace, whe,in consequence ofthe rumors of persecution and civi war against the Mormons, and a general anxrety to hear the latest news, immediately carried it to M r. Strang with the request to be ''inform ed of any news of public Interest which it might contain. It there fore became public the same evening.
As much pains has been taken to belie this document and to der ogata from its authority, it is proper to add that lrom the day of its reception to this (april 1848) it has always been kept open to pub lic inspection, and not an iota of evidence has yet been produced derogatory to its authenticity. The Brighamites and other apos tates have reported far and near that it had a black ost mark, and that such were not used in the ollies at Nauvoo. His report is a falsehood. The ost mark is red. Thefv also started a story that mo proper entry oipthc mailing of such a etter could be found in the register of mails sent from Nauvoo. But Mr. Strang caused the legister to be examined, and under date of June l9th, 1844. The proper entry was found of such a letter to the distributing P. 0. At Chicago, and the register at Burlington of mails received con tains the preper entry from Chicago. In the winter ofl845-6these facts were publicly proclaimed in the Temple at Nauvoo by Moses Smith, Samuel Shaw and others, 81. An examination ofthe registers called for. The next day crowds were at the P. O. To inspect the legister. But though the register of every other quarter from the establishment ofthat P. O. Was safely there, that particular quar ter was no where to be found. It has never since been produced. Comment is unnecessary.
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This letter was received at Burlington by regular course of mail, coming through the distributing Q?ice at Chicago, and bears the Nauvoo post mark ofjune 19, the day following its date. It arriv ed at Burlin ton July 9th, and was immediately taken from the office by C. J). Barnes, Esq., a distinguished lawyer at that lace, whe,in consequence ofthe rumors of persecution and civi war against the Mormons, and a general anxrety to hear the latest news, immediately carried it to M r. Strang with the request to be ''inform ed of any news of public Interest which it might contain. It there fore became public the same evening.
As much pains has been taken to belie this document and to der ogata from its authority, it is proper to add that lrom the day of its reception to this (april 1848) it has always been kept open to pub lic inspection, and not an iota of evidence has yet been produced derogatory to its authenticity. The Brighamites and other apos tates have reported far and near that it had a black ost mark, and that such were not used in the ollies at Nauvoo. His report is a falsehood. The ost mark is red. Thefv also started a story that mo proper entry oipthc mailing of such a etter could be found in the register of mails sent from Nauvoo. But Mr. Strang caused the legister to be examined, and under date of June l9th, 1844. The proper entry was found of such a letter to the distributing P. 0. At Chicago, and the register at Burlington of mails received con tains the preper entry from Chicago. In the winter ofl845-6these facts were publicly proclaimed in the Temple at Nauvoo by Moses Smith, Samuel Shaw and others, 81. An examination ofthe registers called for. The next day crowds were at the P. O. To inspect the legister. But though the register of every other quarter from the establishment ofthat P. O. Was safely there, that particular quar ter was no where to be found. It has never since been produced. Comment is unnecessary.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Language - English
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James Jesse Strang
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ISBN - 9780267731732
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.1 cm
Page Count - 22
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James Jesse Strang
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ISBN - 9781334004285
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.2 cm
Page Count - 24
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