FootnoteVogel, D. 1971. The Locations of Joseph Smith’s Early Treasure Quests. Dialogue V27 No. 3, 197-2229. See: http://dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V27N03_211.pdf Michael Quinn has provided evidence of Smith’s treasure-digging near...
Footnote“The Seerstone that the Prophet Joseph Smith used was, according to the Millennial Star, vol. 24, p. 86, a chocolate-colored stone about the size of an egg that was oval in shape. It was found by Joseph in a well when working for Clark Chase in the year 1826.”...
FootnoteImage. Arthur B. Demings’ 1885 solicited statement describing Smith’s fondness for stories about Captain Kidd: “Jo Smith claimed to be a seer. He had a very clear stone about the size and shape of a duck’s egg, and claimed that he could see lost or hidden...
FootnoteComplete statement: “I became acquainted with, the family of Joseph Smith, Sen. about the year 1820, in the town of Manchester, N. York. They were a family that labored vary little–the chief they did, was to dig for money. Joseph Smith, Jr. the pretended...
Footnotehttp://www.conchisle.com/magic.htm Samantha Payne manuscript affidavit, June 29, 1881, Ontario County Clerk’s Office, Canandaigua, New York, photocopy in fd. 31, box 149, Marquardt papers, Marriott Library.
