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Nauvoo July 1844. Dateline on folded cover postmarked "Quincy, もっと見る Nauvoo July 1844. Dateline on folded cover postmarked "Quincy, Ills Jul 10" red-orange cds with "25" rate and addressed to John F. Wingate (Brother), Brunswick, Maine; letter with FANTASTIC CONTENT REGARDING THE CAPTURE AND MURDER OF MORMON LEADERS, JOSEPH SMITH AND HYRUM SMITH WRITTEN BY A BODYGUARD, EDWARD B. WINGATE, reads, in part, "...Our whole troubles originated from a few Apostaties from this Church because Joseph would not uphold them in there Hellish Deeds they have said all manner of eavle against Joseph they could not say & do enough no other way but they had to go to work and publish a paper which they called the Nauvoo Expositer in that they publish all manner of lies that could be thought of therefore the city counsil came together for the purpose of taking into consideration the Above named press wether it was a nuisance or not which they had the power to do according to their charter granted them by the United States therefore they declared it a Nuisance and ordered the police to go to the office and take the press and burn it which they Did do. They then came out in all their fury they went to Carthage and the surrounding town and got the Devel in the people and they waged war against us there was at one time above a thousand Mobilrats that swore and passed resolution that they would exterminate all the Latter Day Saints in Nauvoo But thank god they could not raise forse enough General Smith called out Legion which Numbered about 5 thousand yet they wer few in number they wer equal to 20 thousand because their cause was a Just one and they would have faught until the Last Drop of Blood had left there Bodyes. The Goviner ordred out the state troops but could not controle them he therefore sent a letter to Joseph stating the circumstances as they wer and issued a writ for Joseph & his Brother Hyrum Smith to appear at Carthage to answer to the charge of Treason which God and all honest men knows they wer not guilty of But however they cornplyed with all that was put upon and was willing to go to justice when justice could be found the Goviner pleged his Word and honor that he would protect them they therefor started for Carthage with about 30 men and I had the pleasure of being of them Joseph & Hyram wer confined in Prison for safe Keeping and then waited for tryal. But instead of that what shall I say the Goviner with about 50 horse come to Nauvoo for the Purpose of making Peace But it was far from that it seems for wilst they at Nauvoo those ungodly wretches the Mobererats came out from there hiding place there was about 200 of them all armed with faces painted they rushed to the Jail nocked down the gard at the door 8 in number men that the Goviner had station there they went up in the jail to the room where Joseph & Hyram was and killed them both on the spot and wounded 2 others 4 shot each...I am your Brother, E.B. Wingate," small wax seal hole in verso, hinge repaired tear on verso, Very Fine and choice. Estimate; $5,000 - 7,500. A HIGHLY IMPORTANT LETTER PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE LYNCHING OF JOSEPH AND HYRUM SMITH. Joseph and Hyrum Smith were murdered by an armed mob on June 27, 1844, at Carthage Jail in Illinois. After the brothers were charged with treason and held in the jail, the mob stormed the building, shot them, and killed them, ending the founding period of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and leading to a schism among its followers.The sender, Edward "Big Ned" Bradley Wingate (1820-1887) was raised in Maine and became an early Boston convert to the LDS faith. Wingate, believed to be a "Danite" or church policeman/body guard, was married to the daughter of church leader Sidney Rigdon and would escort Joseph Smith to the scene of his murder at the Carthage Jail

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Warsaw, Ills June 28 [1839]. Manuscript postmark with "25" rate もっと見る Warsaw, Ills June 28 [1839]. Manuscript postmark with "25" rate on folded letter to Massachusetts; Mormon War letter datelined "Warsaw June 22, 1839" and reads, in part, "...The inhabitants of the State of Missouri like most of the slave states are of jealous passions & rebellious nature and they was afraid that we would inveigle off their slaves and settle so thick that they would lose their range for hunting and their cattle horses and hogs &c another reason was they was afraid that there would come in so many Mormons into their country they would have the balance in their favor at the Election and so hold all the country and town offices and that they would fight first. -- The Mormons first settled in Jackson county south side of Missouri River after about two years they grew such great enemies that a battle took place two was killed another inhabitant and one of the Mormons to such hights was the enmity carried that the Mormons had to leave the county They moved into Clay county North of the river where they lived in peace for about 3 years when they saw so many emigrants coming the inhabitants jealous of their Rights they raised a mob and was about driving them out of the state finily they compromised and they allowed the Mormons a county of North about 40 miles it was a great share of Praries with small skirts of timber on streams but there was timber enough to make it a good farming county by taking good care of the timber-the Mormons setled one county still north there was some inhabitants in the county that became great enemies and last fall at the Election they swore no Mormon should vote a fight ensud the Mormons drest them out although they had 30 to our 12. The inhabitants then swore that the Mormons should leave the county we cald on the Militia but the officers was obliged to disband them they had such a mob spirit they could not command them they soon began their depredation by stealing horses cattle hogs &c they came to the breathren houses threatned the woman and children driving them off then plundering the house and burning it – We appealed to the Governor he replied that if we got into a bad scrape we might get out the best we could-We had to retaliate this arouse the whole state the Governor ordered out 30000 men they came on against 600 Mormons we had no disposition to fight the Militia There was two or three undertook to Negotiate still they had no power from us but they agreed that six principle leaders should be given up to them our property real and personal should be given to the state and guns swords and pistols should be given up to them and we all to leave the state as soon as practible I forgot to state they had the priviledge to pick as many as they thought was guilty they took about 50 who after a mock trial was admited hom [home] on bail - they nor their bail has not been cold for the six they detirmined to shoot but none of them had courage to do it. they kept them in Jail all winter in the spring they had ordrs to take them to another county for trial they bribed the gard and come home, the deed that we signd proved to be a fudge and the men that framed it got laughed for their zeal after 4 or 5 months the guns was given up to us by going 30 miles for them and taking an oath that we would leave this state the best of them [the guns] was stole by the Militia the rest of them broke and rusty, we left that state in the winter we sold our Land for a trifle in money and some other property but their was a great sacrifice to the Brethern we moved in the dead of winter to Illinois 230 miles-- The inhabitants are verry kind to us many took farms and many work on the rail Road there is a great internal improvement in this state...Nahum Curtis", minor splitting at folds, few toned spots especially at right, F.-V.F., An exceptionally rare letter written by one of the Mormon Saints to his family back east, relating details of the Mormon War from the prior year., written up by Dr. Milgram in the March 2023 issue of Western Express and the May 1966 issue of Covers. Estimate; $4,000 - 6,000. ONE OF THE FEW MORMON WAR LETTERS IN PRIVATE HANDS. A SIMILAR EXAMPLE (LETTER ONLY) FROM NOV 5, 1838 SOLD IN THE RISVOLD SALE (SPINK, JANUARY, 2010, LOT 540) FOR $10,000 HAMMER. The term "Mormon War" can refer to several conflicts, but most commonly to the Mormon-Missouri War of 1838 and the Utah War of 1857-1858. The 1838 conflict was a series of battles and skirmishes between Mormon settlers and non-Mormon Missourians that resulted in the forced expulsion of the Latter-day Saints from the state

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2026/03/25 08:00 PDT

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