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Criticism of Mormonism/Books/No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith/Chapter 18
| Claims made in "Chapter 17: Ordeal in Liberty Jail" | A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books A work by author: Fawn Brodie
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Claims made in "Chapter 19: Mysteries of the Kingdom" |
Claims made in "Chapter 18: Nauvoo"
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- Over the years, the stories of Josephs healings of the sick in Nauvoo multiplied.
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- Nauvoo had a brothel near the temple.
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- Template:HistoricalDistortion: the brothel was run by John C. Bennett; the Mormons eventually pushed the whole thing into a ravine.
- Misrepresentation of source: Brodie does not disclose the opposition of Joseph and the Mormons to the brothel, as described in her cited source(s).
- John C. Bennett—Brothel at Nauvoo
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- Times and Seasons 2:599 (Aug. 2, 1841)
- Wasp 1:26 (Oct. 15, 1842)
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