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*Claimed that Joseph Smith, Sr. and Alvin Smith used a stone in a hat to see things. | *Claimed that Joseph Smith, Sr. and Alvin Smith used a stone in a hat to see things. | ||
*Claimed that Joseph Smith, Sr., was engaged in "divination." | *Claimed that Joseph Smith, Sr., was engaged in "divination." | ||
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+ | The Smith farm was improved to the point that it was worth more than 9 out of 10 farms in the region.<ref>Enders, 220.</ref> Given that the Smiths' property was worth more than most of their neighbors, it is difficult to credit the after-the-fact claims by some neighbors in the Hurlbut affidavits that the Smiths were lazy ne'er-do-wells who spent all of their time "money digging." | ||
===Ingersoll claimed that Joseph admitted to his father-in-law that he was a fraud=== | ===Ingersoll claimed that Joseph admitted to his father-in-law that he was a fraud=== |
The Smith farm was improved to the point that it was worth more than 9 out of 10 farms in the region.[1] Given that the Smiths' property was worth more than most of their neighbors, it is difficult to credit the after-the-fact claims by some neighbors in the Hurlbut affidavits that the Smiths were lazy ne'er-do-wells who spent all of their time "money digging."
On the threat that no one could see the "gold bible" and live, see: Viewing gold plates would result in death
It is very difficult to believe that Joseph would have privately confided to Ingersoll that the plates didn't exist, when he told everyone else that they did.
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