Jacob Forney believes Utah War Amnesty included the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
- Type
- Affidavit
- Hearsay
- Scribed Verbatim2nd Hand
- Reference
James Lynch, affidavit before D. R. Eckles, Chief Justice of Utah Supreme Court, 27 July 1859, as found at Microfilm, File M83, Utah Superintendency, 1849-1880. Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, RG 48, NARA
- Scribe/Publisher
- U.S. House of Congress
- Audience
- General Public
- Transcription
[Latter-day Saints] were all included in the President's proclamation and pardon, and would not be tried or punished for any offense whatever committed prior to the issuing of the pardon; that Judge Cradlebaugh was not a fit man for office
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- BHR Staff Commentary
Included under "Mountain Meadows Massacre" as according to many, both LDS and non-LDS, the post-Utah War amnesty issued by U.S. President James Buchanan would have covered the massacre which was contemporary with the Utah War itself.
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