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The Wentworth Letter by Joseph Smith
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Editor: Philip MacCabe


The Wentworth Letter by Joseph Smith, Jun.
as published in the Times and Seasons Vol.3 No.9, 1 March 1842
available in the United States Library Of Congress
BX8605.1.T48 Vol.3 pp 706-710




CHURCH HISTORY

At the request of Mr. John Wentworth, Editor, and Proprietor of
the "Chicago Democrat," I have written the following sketch of the
rise, progress, persecution, and faith of the Latter-Day Saints,
of which I have the honor, under God, of being the founder. Mr.
Wentworth says, that he wishes to furnish Mr.Bastow, a friend of
his, who is writing the history of New Hampshire, with this
document. As Mr. Bastow has taken the proper steps to obtain
correct information, all that I shall ask at his hands is that he
publish the account entire, ungarnished, and without
misrepresentation.

I was born in the town of Sharon, Windsor co., Vermont, on the
23d of December, A.D. 1805. When ten years old my parents removed
to Palmyra, New York, where we resided about four years, and from
thence we removed to the town of Manchester.

My father was a farmer and taught me the art of husbandry. When
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