"Their next move was their dragging off Bishop [Edward] Partridge from his house and family, to the publick square, when surrounded by hundreds, they partially stripped him of his cloths, and tared and feathered him from head to foot." — Zion High Council¹

In 1833, Edward Partridge, the bishop of the Church, was captured by a mob in Independence, Missouri. The mob demanded he leave the county, but Partridge refused, stating he would suffer for his religion as others had before him. Stripped of his hat, coat, and vest, Edward and another Saint, Charles Allen, were covered in tar and feathers. Meanwhile, the mob also destroyed the print house, where The Book of Commandments was being printed.²

1. Minute Book 2, 164, josephsmithpapers.org

2. Saints, Volume 1, Chapter 16, 175-181; "Allen, Charles," josephsmithpapers.org