Charles L. Walker recalls a statement that leaders believed U.S. government wanted to attack and kill Mormons.
- Type
- Personal Journal / Diary
- Source
- Charles L. Walker LDS
- Hearsay
- Holograph
- Reference
Charles L. Walker, Diary, January 24, 1858, MS 1883, Church History Library
- Scribe/Publisher
- Charles L. Walker
- Audience
- Charles L. Walker
- Transcription
Sunday, Jan. 24, 1858 . . . Went to the Tabernacle. Bro. E.T. Benson . . . said the U.S. were all gaping full of fear about the Mormons and were shipping troops around by California. Said it was their intention to destroy every man, woman and child that was a Mormon and wipe us out of existence.
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