Lucy Mack Smith

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Lucy Mack Smith: History

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• Brigham Young's attempt to destroy all copies of Lucy Mack Smith's biography of Joseph Smith
• Joseph Smith, Sr.'s dream and Lehi's vision

Lucy Mack Smith's religious affiliations

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• Lucy Mack Smith and the Presbyterians

Lucy Mack Smith and the Presbyterians

Summary: It is claimed that since there was a religious revival in Palmyra, New York in 1824-25 which appears to match details of Joseph Smith's official Church history, he must have mistakenly mixed this event in with his narrative about what happened in 1820. They claim that the Prophet's mother joined the Presbyterian church after Alvin Smith died in late 1823 (Joseph Smith said she joined in 1820). Futhermore, they claim that if Lucy Mack Smith joined the Presbyterian Church in 1823, then this contradicts Joseph's statement that she joined in 1820, thereby dating Joseph's First Vision to no earlier than 1823.