The Joseph Smith Papers: Documents, Volume 12 by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gospel Teachings
Publisher: Deseret Book Company
Published: 2021-04-09T00:00:00+00:00

To Joseph Smith Esq

Mayor of the City of Nauvoo

Ill. [p. [4]]

As I could not put all I had to say I thought I wou[l]d insert this slip with the conclusion on it that is if you want to know any more particulars I am ready at any time to wait on you at your house and as to you abusing me for it, I cannot beleive it untill I see it although I have been told it would only be a grand joke for your and Laws privately to chuckle over and I had better be mute or I should be Dannited58 some of these nights, but I am determined to risk all this and throw the case before you and if you have any thing to say to me I live close to Joseph Young’s59 and shall be there if wanted to defend what I have 341stated in the paper hoping you will do your best to get them to pay me for which I shall ever be thankful and remain Yours

Respectfully. Thomas Rawcliff

P. S.

And Sir, I shall warn all the English to beware of the way buisness is carried on in here fearless of any consequences [p. [5]]

I shall keep a copy of this letter if there should be any thing said so that I can refer [1/2 page blank] [p. [6]]

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^1. Jessee, “Writing of Joseph Smith’s History,” 456, 458; Woodruff, Journal, 22 Jan. 1865.

^2. “Letters to and from the Prophet,” ca. 1904, [3], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.

^3. See the full bibliographic entry for JS Collection, 1827–1844, in the CHL catalog.

^4. See George Miller, St. James, MI, to “Dear Brother,” 26 June 1855, in Northern Islander, 16 Aug. 1855, [3].

^5. JS, Journal, 21 Feb. 1843, in JSP, J2:268–271.

^6. Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 Apr.–ca. 8 May 1843, p. 288 herein; see also Minutes and Discourses, 6–7 Apr. 1843, p. 160 herein.

^7. Minutes, 19 Apr. 1843, p. 220 herein.

^8. Discourse, 13 Apr. 1843, p. 203 herein.

^9. Discourse, 13 Apr. 1843, p. 201 herein; JS, Journal, 13 Apr. 1843, in JSP, J2:352–355.

^10. Minutes and Discourses, 6–7 Apr. 1843, pp. 161–162 herein; see also “Thieves,” Times and Seasons, 1 Dec. 1841, 3:615; and Discourse, 10 Apr. 1842, in JSP, D9:351.

^11. JS History, vol. D-1, 1561.

^12. In 1841, Rawcliff sailed from Liverpool to New York City on the Rochester, the same ship that transported 120–130 British converts, as well as apostles Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Pratt, Wilford Woodruff, John Taylor, George A. Smith, and Willard Richards. (Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1820–1897, roll 44 [16 Sept. 1840–10 May 1841], Manifest 178, microfilm 2,289, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; “History of Brigham Young,” Millennial Star, 2 Jan. 1864, 26:7; Woodruff, Journal, 20 Apr. 1841.)

^13. According to Rawcliff’s marriage certificate, his father, Henry Rawcliff, was a grocer. During the course of his mission in England from 1837 to 1841, Willard Richards mentioned Henry Rawcliff, or more commonly “Bro Rawcliff,” several times. The Rawcliffs lived in Longton, a small village located a few miles southwest of Preston.

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