Criticism of Mormonism/Books/No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith/Chapter 27

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Claims made in "Chapter 27: Carthage"

381

Claim
  • Joseph blessed his son Joseph III to be his successor as president of the Church.

Author's source(s)
  • Zion's Ensign, Vol. 12, No. 29, p. 5
  • Temple Lot Case, pp. 28, 180.
  • Lyman Wight, letter to the Northern Islander, Reprinted in Saints Advocate, vol 7 (September 1884).
  • John D. Lee, Mormonism Unveiled, p. 155.
Response

392

Claim
  • Joseph sent for some wine while in Carthage Jail and "all except Hyrum sipped a little."

Author's source(s)
  • History of the Church 7:101
Response

394

Claim
  • Joseph may have given the Masonic signal of distress as he leaped to the window.

Author's source(s)
  • Zina Huntington Jacobs, Latter-Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 698.
Response

405

Claim
  • Joseph was lazy.  [ATTENTION!]

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