These were contemporaries but knew nothing of each other!
Although Nauvoo, Illinois and Springfield, Illinois were not far apart.
Lincoln knew nothing about the Governor of the State taking the Mormon leaders prisoners but failed to protect them. which resulted in their deaths.
An event that was fully covered in the newspapers of the time.
Abraham Lincoln was a politician and could see no advantage in supporting the Mormons.
They were a lost cause, something they realized themselves, and they went on a long journey to get out of the States.
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