Mormon History, Sep 11, 1845

[Hosea Stout Diary] 11th Thursday. Early went to Warthan meat Shop and got some beef and saw S. Earl on my way who told me that the mob had commenced burning houses at Lima.What will be next God only knows.I then went down by the Temple to see A. J. Stout & then went to see Col Turley and while there I received orders from General Rich in person to have the Cohort put in readiness to repel an attact in a minutes notice.Col Turley and I then went to put the orders in execution and came to my house, and took dinner & then went down on the flat on the same business.I then went with Br J. P. Harmon and went with him on the same business and then after going to the Masonic Hall to see the state of the cannon I went to the Temple to meet the police and then came home and went on guard at A. Wee as previous.home at 12 oc

[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]