Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . 844. Gov-ernor Ford issued his order disbanding thetroops early in the morning, and all had leftfor home by 11 oclock except the CarthageGrays, whom he had retained to guard theSmiths, and the Augusta Dragoons, who ac-companied him to Nauvoo. (The town wasat first called Commerce.) The Smiths weretaken from my fathers hotel to the jail, andplaced in the jailors sleeping room underguard of an officer of the Carthage Grays, withsix men who were relieved by a new detailat noon. The Smiths being upstairs, the guards tooktheir station on the front steps and
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . 844. Gov-ernor Ford issued his order disbanding thetroops early in the morning, and all had leftfor home by 11 oclock except the CarthageGrays, whom he had retained to guard theSmiths, and the Augusta Dragoons, who ac-companied him to Nauvoo. (The town wasat first called Commerce.) The Smiths weretaken from my fathers hotel to the jail, andplaced in the jailors sleeping room underguard of an officer of the Carthage Grays, withsix men who were relieved by a new detailat noon. The Smiths being upstairs, the guards tooktheir station on the front steps and in the hallbelow. It was a warm day; windows and doorsall open; not a lock, bolt, or even a latch, wasupon the door to the room where the Smithswere. They had with them as companions,Elders John Taylor and Willard 11 oclock Captain Smith ordered E. and me to take a large field glass andgo to the cupola of the Court House, and keepwatch for and see if we could discover anybody of men approaching the town from any i. £^-
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