Episode 03 – Slide 33

Footnote Quincy Whig [Bartlett & Sullivan]. Quincy, Illinois, Sat., June 8, 1839.; [Vol. 2 – No. 6]. COMMUNICATIONS. COMMERCE, May 27th, 1839. MESSRS. BARTLETT & SULLIVAN: In your paper of the 18th inst. I see a letter signed by somebody, calling herself...

Episode 03 – Slide 31

FootnoteFor five years after publication of Howe’s Mormonism Unvailed on Nov. 28, 1834, Rigdon and Smith provided no written rebuttal to that book’s central thesis, i.e. that Rigdon had modified Spalding’s work to create The Book of Mormon, On May 27, 1839, however,...

Episode 03 – Slide 30

FootnoteThe statement was obtained “from two highly respectable clergymen, the Rev. Mr. Austin and the Rev. A. Ely, D.D., residing in Monson, Mass”. http://solomonspalding.com/docs1/1842ClkB.htm#pg216a In the Boston Recorder (April 8, 1839), John Storrs reported:...