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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