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after this interview with her  her father that their former covenant
was all dissolved and they stood free from each other,this gave her much relief
after Carter went away she said she would as soon see the Devil as Carter.
and after a few days Carter returned to Meakham again and told them
that he had been over to the Camp and that he had seen pre^s Joseph
Young and others in authority & they told him that a covenant could
not be disolved & that covenant brakers would be damned and spoke
of several that had made Covenants with him and had broken them
and they were curst and that would be the case with.
Elizabeth Meakham was then called on to make her statement
She was asked by Pre^s Hyde if she knew the statements that Joseph
Meakham had made was true, she said they were for she had seen
and heard all that he had said.
     William Carter was then called upon to make his defence
to what was charged against him, he then arose and said that
he had some documents that he wished to read if he was allowed
to rebut the testimony of Joseph Meakham respecting his and Cardelia,Courtship.. Pre^s Hyde thought it was uncalled
for but Carter insisted upon it and then proceeded to read..
which Pre^s Hyde called his epistle and endeavered  to establish
the fact that the cause of her untimely death was in con---------- of
the ill treatment of her Father and to establish this fact he called
upon his wives and others whose evidence was dictated by a party
spirit and to  no effect except Sarah Carter, she said in
numerating Cordeliat Cordelia said Father dont know my
troubles.Pre^s Hyde asked her what she said she the tried to
explain a way what she had said in another light but could not
and then repeated the same words over again. Pre^s Hyde arose &
said it mattered not how much they tried to cover up things
for the spirit of the Lord was there and it would bring all things
to light and show the root to the matter for said be J  discover
a spirit manifest here for covering up facts there was severil
others that manifested the same spirit.