Mormon History, Oct 1, 1845

[Nauvoo Neighbor] - Announcement: Proclamation to the Citizens of Hancock County, Illinois" -- J.B. Backenstos -- A resolution for punishment of those involved in the mobbing, and encourages citizens to suppress the actions of the mob. Also states that citizens of Nauvoo should not leave the city.
- Announcement: "Proclamation No. 2 to the Citizens of Hancock County Ill--" -- J.B. Backenstos -- Again attempts to stop the mob from performing their violent acts.
- Announcement: "Proclamation No. 3 to the Citizens of Hancock County Ill--" -- J.B. Backenstos -- Another attempt to stop the mob from performing their violent acts. Includes a resolution for their punishment.
- Announcement: "Proclamation No. 4 to the Citizens of Hancock County Ill--" -- J.B. Backenstos -- Another attempt to stop the mob from performing their violent acts. Provides more allegations of bad behavior by the mob.
- Announcement: "Proclamation No. 5 to the Citizens of Hancock County Ill--" -- J.B. Back
enstos -- Another attempt to stop the mob from performing their violent acts.
- Story: "To the Public" - Tales of a Prisoner -- Antony Barkman -- Describes being treated well by Sheriff Backenstos and the people of Nauvoo, and tells the story of his crimes.
- Story: "Law and Order Triumphant" -- Editorial -- States that the government has nearly put an end to the mobbing, and that progress is being made.
- Announcement: "Treason" - Arrest of Nauvoo Citizens -- Editorial -- Announces the arrest of Daniel Spencer, W.W. Phelps, John Taylor, Orson Spencer, Charles C. Rich, William Clayton, Willard Richards, and others for treason.
- Letter: "The Mob Chastened" -- Alex Sympson -- States that the mob are the real felons, not the Mormon people.
- Announcement: "A Proclamation by the Governor of the State of Illinois" - Mob Violence -- Gov. Thomas Ford -- Provides a warning to the mob that they will be prosecuted if they continue their violent acts.
- Letter: Correspondence be
tween B. Young and Illinois Officials -- Various -- Provides correspondence from the representatives of Illinois asking for a proclamation of the Saints plans to leave, and Brigham Young's response.
- Announcement: Deaths -- W.D. Huntington -- Nathaniel Lackore (65, Chill Fever), Sarah Lackore (80, Chill Fever), George Davis (76, Lethargy), Mary Tiffany (8 months, Diarrhea), Emma Marble (1, Whooping Cough), Heary Wond (17, Chill Fever), Tracy Squires (39, Chill Fever), Nancy Davis (65, Fever), Isaac C. Phippin (17, Shot by Accident), Mary Ann Morris (4 months, Diarrhea), Sarah Ann J. Sperry (6), John Quamby (45, Flux), Mary Pincock (56, Fever), Eliza Allen (22, Diarrhea), Mr. Marble, Richard R. Garr (20, Consumption), Sophia Parshal (24, Fever), Robert Hamilton (32, Bilious Fever), Thomas Crooket (42, Pleurisy), Clariana Irene Furguson (1 month), Parmelia Brim (37, Billious Fever), John T. Crawford (1, Consumption), Oliver Bruson (43, Typhus Fever), Doratha French (53, Chil
l Fever), James Kilborn (23, Chill Fever), Mary Leighton (25, Typhus Fever), L___ Ko___ 1, Unknown), John Morris (53, Diarrhea), John Davis (45, Chill Fever), Adam Thompson (36, Affection of the Liver), Joseph Stodard (2, Rickets), Henry Humphrey (38, Chill Fever), William A. Beebe Jr. (4, Measles), George Taylor (35, Ague and Fever).

[source: http://boap.org/LDS/Nauvoo-Neighbor]

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