Hawk-Eye reports on steamboat vote, Joseph Smith receives fraction of the votes.

Date: May 9, 1844
Type: News (traditional)
Source: Burlington Hawk-Eye
Non-LDS
Hearsay: Direct
Journalism
Reference: Hawk-Eye (Burlington, IA) May 9, 1844, p. 2, Newspapers.com, accessed July 28, 2025.
Scribe/Publisher: Burlington Hawk-Eye
People: James G. Birney, Martin Van Buren, Henry Clay, Joseph Smith, Jr., Burlington Hawk-Eye
Audience: Reading Public
Transcription: The following was the vote, on board the ST CROIX, during her last trip up: For Clay 76; Van Buren 23; Smith 3, and Birney 1.
Source Link: https://www.newspapers.com/image/905463959/
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