27th I had an interview with Elder
Spent the fore part of the day together He took
cars for ^we the even in the evening^ ^we sat together in the depo while & were
killed. Brother Young was vary sorrowful & pressed in spirit
without knowing the cause^ & I spent the latter part of the
day at Elder 296 Washington st
I went to meeting in the Evening & confirmed
Brother & 30 other persons, most of
which were rebaptized for the remission of sins
I spent the night with Br in Orange st
[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Col
I found on my ariveval to puite [quite] an excitemet
through the country concerning affairs in
& reagions round about saying that the whole
country was rising in arms in mob to exterminate
the Saints. most of the inflamatory speaches and
excitement was got up by the message
and papers they desire to exterminate the
Saints from of[f] the earth, but the work is in the
hands of God and he will direct all things aright
^[FIGURES] J S H S At 5 oclock this day the Prophet Joseph & Patriarch
Hiram Smith fell, sealed their testimony with their Blood
[FIGURE] They were murdered to appeas the wrath of a gentile mob as Christ
was by a Jewish mob. Peace be to thy ashes, the most glorious
resurrection to thy bodies and the American gentile nation answer
for thy blood before the bar of God. And the murderers pay the
price of the [FIGURE]^
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^5 oclok 16 m 23 sec 5 1/4 at 6 1/2 at Bostone^
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