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- Creator:
- Brattle family
- Published / Created:
- 1834-44
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2117 B737
- Image Count:
- 20
- Abstract:
- 6 ALS, one of them by James W. Brattle to his brother Charles dated July 5, 1844, providing an eyewitness account of the events leading to the death of Joseph Smith and the reaction of Mormons to the murder. Brattle describes Smith's crackdown on the ...
- Alternative Title:
- [Letters amongst the Brattle family, 1834-1844]
- Description:
- James Brattle was a member of the Illinois Grays Militia, which was ordered to protect Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, while Smith was awaiting trial in Carthage, and was present when Smith and his brother Hyrum were attacked and kille...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Nauvoo (Ill.)
- Subject (Name):
- Brattle family, Brattle, James W, Burbank, James W, Ford, Thomas,--1800-1850, Smith, Hyrum,--1800-1844--Assassination, Smith, Joseph,--1805-1844--Assassination, and Young, Brigham,--1801-1877
- Subject (Topic):
- Mormons--Illinois
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Brattle family correspondence, 1834-1866.