Brigham recalls that David Patten and Thomas Marsh confronted Joseph, who slapped David Patten and "kicked him out of the yard."

Date
Jun 25, 1857
Type
Personal Journal / Diary
Source
Brigham Young
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Summary
2nd Hand
Late
Reference

Wilford Woodruff, Journal, June 25, 1857, The Wilford Woodruff Papers website, accessed May 23, 1857

Scribe/Publisher
Wilford Woodruff
People
Horace S. Rawson, Brigham Young, George A. Smith, Joseph Smith, Jr., Amasa Mason Lyman, Thomas Marsh, Charles C. Rich, Heber C. Kimball
Audience
N/A
Transcription

25 President B Young ^& H C Kimball^ G. A. Smith A Lyman & C. C. Rich came into the office at 2 oclok & sat & conversed upon various things. He said that David Patten & T. B. Marsh came to Kirtland in the fall of 1837. He said as soon as they came I got Marsh to go to Josephs But Patten would go to W Parrish He got his mind prejudiced & when He went to see Joseph David insulted Joseph & Joseph slaped him in the face & kicked him out of the yard this done David good

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