127 epigraph, 527n1 (PB)

• This is actually David Whitmer's recollection of something that he claimed Joseph said to him 50 years earlier.
• Did Joseph Smith attempt to sell the Book of Mormon copyright?

• David Whitmer, An Address to All Believers in Christ, 31.
• DC 46꞉7

127-8, 528n5 (PB)

• Joseph Smith prophesied the Second Coming to be in 1890

• History of the Church, vol. 2, 182.
• History of the Church, vol. 5, 336.

128-9, 528n10 (PB)

• The inner quote is from Marquardt's book.
• Doctrine and Covenants textual changes

• H. Michael Marquardt, The Joseph Smith Revelations: Text & Commentary, xv.

129, 529n14-15 (PB)

•  The author's claim is false
• No law was broken, and marriage certificates were issued by the state of Ohio; no license was required.
• Any religious leader had a right to perform marriages in Ohio.
• Ohio marriages illegal?

• D. Michael Quinn, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power (Signature Books, 1994), 88..

129, 529n17

•  Misrepresentation of source
•  The author's claim is false
• Ohio marriages illegal?
• The full entry from History of the Church:

Marriage of J. F. Boynton.

A hymn was sung, after which I addressed the throne of grace. I then arose and read aloud a license, (according to the law of the land) granting any minister of the Gospel the privilege of solemnizing the rights of matrimony, and after calling for objection, if any there were, against the anticipated alliance between Elder Boynton and Miss Lowell; after waiting a sufficient time and hearing no objection, I observed that all forever after this must hold their peace. I then invited them to join hands. I pronounced the ceremony, according to the rules and regulations of the Church of the Latter-day Saints, in the name of God, and in the name of Jesus Christ. I pronounced upon them the blessings of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and such other blessings as the Lord put into my heart; and being much under the influence of a cold, I then gave way, and President Rigdon arose and delivered a very forcible address, suited to the occasion, and closed the services of the evening by prayer. (emphasis added)

• History of the Church 2:377-378

129, 529n16 (PB)

• This is a direct, attributed quote from Brodie's book, however, this is Brodie's own opinion. She does not provide a source to back up this claim.

• Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 183. ( Index of claims )

529n16 (PB)

•  The author's claim is false
• Church leaders do not advise divorce under these circumstances.
• Note that the author takes the opportunity to classify the Church as a "cult" based upon this supposition.
• Loaded and prejudicial language

• No sources provided for this claim.

130, 530n22

• The Hurlbut affidavits—Levi Lewis  ^{[needs work]}

• Levi Lewis, Susquehanna Register, May 1, 1834 reprinted in Howe, Mormonism Unvailed, 268.

131, 530n23-24 (PB)

• Native Americans to become "white and delightsome" through polygamous marriage?

• Marquardt, 375.
• Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 210.( Index of claims )

132 (PB)

• Age of wives
• One Nation Under Gods—Sarcasm
• Loaded and prejudicial language

• No source provided.

132, 530-531n29-36 (PB)

• Joseph Smith and polygamy/Marriages to young women—Fanny Alger

• Andrew Jenson, 233.
• Benjamin F. Johnson, letter to George S. Gibbs, 1903.
• Richard S. Van Wagoner, Mormon Polygamy: A History (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1989), 6-7.
• Todd Compton, In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1997), 31-34. ( Index of claims )

133, 531n37-40 (PB)

• Joseph Smith and polygamy/Fanny Alger and William McLellin

• Todd Compton, In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1997), 35. ( Index of claims )
• Ann Elza Web Young, Wife No. 19, 66-67.

133, n42 (PB)

• 1835 Doctrine and Covenants denies polygamy
• Fanny Alger: affair or marriage?
• Loaded and prejudicial language
• Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mind reading

• D&C 1835, 251.

135, 531n45 (PB)

• The citiation does not support the author's assertion that this involved "nearly every Saint, including Smith."
• The endnote quotes Kimball as saying, "we were much grieved to see the spirit of speculation prevaiiling in the church..." Kimball doesn't say anything about Joseph Smith's involvment. He does state that, "all seemed determined to become rich; in my feelings they were artificial or imaginary riches." A more complete quote is included in the endnote.
• Mind reading

• Heber C. Kimball, "History of Heber Chase Kimball by his own Dictation," 47-48 quote in Jessee, 397-398.

135, 531n46-48

• Robert Kent Fielding, "The Growth of the Mormon Church in Kirtland, Ohio," Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University, 1957, typed copy, 202-204. 206-208, 211-212. Quoted in Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Mormon Kingdom, vol. 1, 9.
• Unfortunately, the primary sources used by Fielding and Tanner are not provided.

531n48

• The High Council court was to "investigate the charges of 'A want of benevolence to the poor, and charity to the Church,' which [Joseph] had previously preferred against Brother Preserved Harris and Elder Isaac McWithy.
• Note that Joseph said "We offered him..."—this was not a personal transaction with Joseph.
• History of the Church states: "In the pleas of the Councilors, in the case of Elder McWithy, they decided that the charges had been fully sustained; after which, I spoke in my turn as accuser, and stated that I called on the accused, in company with President Oliver Cowdery, for money to send up to Zion, but could get none; afterwards saw him, and asked him if he would sell his farm. He at first seemed willing, and wished to build up Zion. He pleaded excuse in consequence of his liberality to the poor. We offered him three thousand dollars for his farm, would give him four or five hundred dollars to take him to Zion, and settle him there, and an obligation for the remainder, with good security and interest. He went and told Father Lyon that we demanded all his property, and so we lost four or five hundred dollars; because the accused told him [Lyon] such a story, [that] he calculated to keep it [the aforesaid four or five hundred dollars] himself."

• History of the Church, vol. 2, 446.

135 (PB)

• Loaded and prejudicial language

136, 532n51 (PB)

• The author paraphrases Brodie's assertion that "The bank was said to have been established by a revelation from God..."

• Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 195. ( Index of claims ), citing Warren Parrish, letter dated March 6, 1838, Zion's Watchman, March 24, 1838

136, 532n54 (PB)

• The author quotes Brodie, who in turn cites three anti-Mormon sources: Wilhelm Wyl, Mormon Portraits Volume First: Joseph Smith the Prophet, His Family and Friends (Salt Lake City: Tribune Printing and Publishing Co., 1886), 36., Oliver Olney, Absurdities of Mormonism Portrayed, p. 4 and E.G. Lee, The Mormons, or Knavery Exposed, p. 14.
• Kirtland Safety Society

• Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 196-197. ( Index of claims )

136, 532n56

• The author quotes Brodie's opinion. Brodie provides no citation to back up the assertion that "everyone's pockets bulged with bills."

• Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 196. ( Index of claims )