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Pergunta: O que David Stafford reclamar sobre Joseph Smith nos depoimentos Hurlbut?
Pergunta: O que David Stafford reclamar sobre Joseph Smith nos depoimentos Hurlbut?
David Stafford claimed that Oliver Cowdery was a "worthless person" who was "not to be trusted"
- That Joseph Smith, Sr. was a "drunkard," a "liar," and a "gambler."
- That the "general employment" of the Smith family was "money digging" and "fortune telling."
- That Oliver Cowdery was a "worthless person" who was "not to be trusted."
John Stafford, on the other hand, stated that Oliver Cowdery was a man of good character
John Stafford, William Stafford's eldest son, would later say that Oliver Cowdery "taught school on the Canandaigua road, where the stone school-house now stands...Cowdery was a man of good character." [1]
Notas
- ↑ William H. Kelly, "The Hill Cumorah, and the Book of Mormon," Saints' Herald 28 (1 June 1881): 167; cited in Dan Vogel (editor), Early Mormon Documents (Salt Lake City, Signature Books, 1996–2003), 5 vols, 2:123.