John Doyle Lee, on this date, 3/23/1877, a Mormon, was executed (after 20 years). He had been the mind behind the “Mountain Meadows Massacre” of 1857. An entire wagon train of 127 Arkansas Methodist emigrants bound for California, were murdered by a group of Mormon settlers (and some Indians) at this location in Utah.
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John Doyle Lee – executed, Mar. 23, 1877
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John Woolman – birth, Oct. 19, 1720
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…Wherever there are true ministers of Jesus Christ, it is from the operation of his Spirit upon their hearts, first purifying them, and thus giving them a just sense of the conditions of others.
– John Woolman, Journal (London: Edward Marsh, 1857), 11.
…We have found it to be our duty to cease from these national contests [referring to “a disagreement between” England and France] which are productive of misery and bloodshed…
– John Woolman, Journal (London: Edward Marsh, 1857), 31.
Things that served chiefly to please the vain mind in people, I was not easy to trade in; seldom did it; and whenever I did, I found it weaken[ed] me as a Christian.
– John Woolman, Journal (London: Edward Marsh, 1857), 38.
John Woolman was born this date 10/19/1720, Northampton, Burlington Co. NJ. He was a Quaker preacher and also ran a shop using part of his profits to support abolitionist work. He produced his Journal (written 1756-72) which influenced 19th century abolitionists. He died in England where he was presenting his beliefs, 10/7/1772.
