Joseph Smith orders acting General Dunham of the Nauvoo Legion to be prepared to assist Marshall Greene in destroying the Nauvoo Expositor.

Date: Jun 10, 1844
Type: Government Document
Source: Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay: Scribed Verbatim
Reference: "Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 10 June 1844," The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed January 18, 2022
Scribe/Publisher: John McEwan, Willard Richards
People: John McEwan, John Portineus Greene, Jonathan Dunham, Joseph Smith, Jr., Willard Richards
Audience: Jonathan Dunham
Transcription: To Jonathan Dunham)
acting Major Gen of Nauvoo Legion)
Head Quarters
Nauvoo Legion
June 10th. 1844.
You are hereby commanded to hold the Nauvoo Legion in readiness for[th]with to assist the Marshall of said city to execute the city ordinance, and especially to remove the printing establishment of the Nauvoo Expositor, and this you are required to do at sight under penalty of the Law. provided the Marshall shall require it and need your Services
Joseph Smith
Lieut. Genl. N. Legion
Endorsed The written is a true copy of the original order of Lieut Gen Smith to Gen. Dunham
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & private seal at Nauvoo June 10— 1844
W[illard] Richards Recorder C. n [city of Nauvoo] L. S. [1/4 page blank]
Copy
Lieut. General Smith to Gen Dunham
June 10th.1844
Source Link: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/military-order-to-jonathan-dunham-10-june-1844/1
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