The Act in the Apology

Historians accept that records are inevitably incomplete. Wild speculation about events and unsubstantiated conspiracy theories are not in the end part of the historian's craft. So let's look more closely at the events of June 27th. The story of that day starts early in the morning. According to Willard Richards Journal, the men in the upstairs room of the jail awoke at 530 but did not arise until 730. Between breakfast and lunch, Joseph composed two pieces of correspondence. Brett Doutle described those letters.