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Nauvoo City Council orders Mayor Joseph Smith to destroy the Nauvoo Expositor.

Date
Jun 10, 1844
Type
Government Document
Source
Nauvoo City Council
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

"Resolution, 10 June 1844," The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed December 21, 2021

Scribe/Publisher
Willard Richards
People
Nauvoo City Council, Nauvoo Expositor, Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
Joseph Smith, Jr., Reading Public
Transcription

Resolved by the City Council of the City of Nauvoo that the printing establishment from whence issues the “Nauvoo Expositor” is a public Nuisance and also all of said Nauvoo Expositors which may be, or exist in said establishment, and the Mayor is instructed to cause said printing establishment and papers to be removed without delay, in such manner as he shall direct

Geo. W. Harris

Prs— Pro Tem

Passed June 10— 1844)

Willard Richards Recorder)

Source Link
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/resolution-10-june-1844/1
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