Stephen Markham recounts a conversation where Joseph Smith expresses if he were ever "taken" by authorities he would be massacred "or he was not a prophet of God".
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- Letter
- Source
- Stephen Markham LDS
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- Direct
- Reference
"Letter from Stephen Markham, 20 June 1856," p. 1, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 12, 2022
- Scribe/Publisher
- Stephen Markham
- Transcription
Fort Supply June 20th 1856
Bro W. Woodruff
Sir according to your request I Proceed to give you an account of the conversation I had with Pres Joseph Smith previous to his Massacre. the first conversation I had with the Prophet On the following subjects was the Night; the Guard come in to Take him with a Rit we walked togather towards the River & sat down. I asked him How this thing was going to come out. he replied if the Brethern would Let him Manage the Business; there should be no blood shed, but if not it would be the hardest Blow the Church ever had or would receive, that if he & Hyrum were ever taken again the[y] Would be Massacread or he was not a Prophet of God, he said he wanted to Save Hyrum to avenge his Blood, he said that Hyrum was determined Not to Leave him but die with him
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