History of the Saints: The Quincy Miracle: A Rescue Never to Be Forgotten (2016)

by Susan Easton Black, Dennis Lyman (Editor), Glenn Rawson (Editor)

Other authors: Reg Ankrom (Contributor), Alexander L. Baugh (Contributor), Richard E. Bennett (Contributor), William G. Hartley (Contributor), Dennis Lyman (Contributor) — 4 more, Lachlan Mackay (Contributor), Gordon A. Madsen (Contributor), Glenn Rawson (Contributor), Jeffrey N. Walker (Contributor)

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With the Extermination Order of 1838-39 The Mormons were driven form Missouri during the Winter of 1839 to the edge of the Mississippi River. As refugees with nowhere to go the people of Quincy took the Saints in and clothed,fed and housed them. 5,000 Saints taken in by 1,500 citizens of Quincy Illinois.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Susan Easton Black	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Lyman, Dennis	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Rawson, Glenn	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Ankrom, Reg	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Baugh, Alexander L.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bennett, Richard E.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hartley, William G.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lyman, Dennis	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mackay, Lachlan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Madsen, Gordon A.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rawson, Glenn	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Walker, Jeffrey N.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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With the Extermination Order of 1838-39 The Mormons were driven form Missouri during the Winter of 1839 to the edge of the Mississippi River. As refugees with nowhere to go the people of Quincy took the Saints in and clothed,fed and housed them. 5,000 Saints taken in by 1,500 citizens of Quincy Illinois.

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Contents:

Introduction
The Aftermath: Abusing Missouri Law
Missouri's 1838 Extermination Order and the Mormons' Forced Removal to Illinois
Change of Venue: The Gallatin Hearing and the Escape of Joseph Smith and the Mormon Prisoners from Missouri, April 1839
Quincy--City of Refuge
Quincy, the Home of Our Adoption
In Golden Letters of Love: The Kindness of the Citizens of Quincy
John Wood and the Mormons
To the Citizens of Quincy
Grateful for the Kindness
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