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| − | ==Question: What do the Hurlbut affidavits claim about the Smith family and treasure digging?==
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| − | ===Statements of individuals who claimed to have assisted Joseph Smith, Sr. in digging operations===
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| − | Several individuals who had participated with Joseph Smith, Sr. on treasure digging activities made some unique claims regarding Joseph Smith, Jr.
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| − | {{:Question: What did William Stafford claim about Joseph Smith in the Hurlbut affidavits?}}
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| − | ==Question: What did William Stafford claim about Joseph Smith in the Hurlbut affidavits?==
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| − | ====William Stafford====
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| − | *Claimed that the family of Joseph Smith, Sr. devoted a "great part of their time" to "digging for money."
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| − | *Claimed that he was told that Joseph Smith, Jr. could see "large caves" in "nearly all the hills in this part of New York."
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| − | *Claimed that Joseph could see "spirits" guarding great treasures.
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| − | *Claimed that Joseph Smith, Sr. told him that treasure could "sink" into the ground.
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| − | *Claimed that Joseph Smith, Sr. took one of his sheep on the pretense of using it to search for money by cutting its throat.
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| − | *Claimed that Joseph promised to show him the gold plates.
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| − | *Stafford's claim that Joseph promised to show him the gold plates directly contradicts Peter Ingersoll's claim that Joseph said that [[Viewing gold plates would result in death|nobody could see the gold plates and live]].
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| − | *Stafford's oldest son John would later say "I have heard that sotry [about the black sheep] but don't think my father was there at the time they say Smith got the sheep. I don't know anything about it....They never stole one [a sheep], I am sure; they may have got one sometime....I don't think it [the story of the sheep] is true. I would have heard more about it, that is true." <ref>William H. Kelly, "The Hill Cumorah, and the Book of Mormon," ''Saints' Herald'' 28 (1 June 1881): 167; cited in {{EarlyMormonDocs|vol=2|start=121|end=122}} The material removed by ellipses consists of questions being asked by the interviewer.</ref>
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