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Published / Created:: 1849.
Call Number:: Zc64 848aub
Image Count:: 66
Description:: BEIN: Original wrappers. and Includes a brief biography of Joseph Smith, a description of alleged Temple rites, and a sketch of "Mathias the Prophet."
Publisher:: Wilson and Company
Subject (Name):: Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844. and Matthews, Robert, b. 1788.
Subject (Topic):: Mormons, Latter Day Saint churches, and Impostors and imposture
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > An authentic history of remarkable persons, who have attracted public attention in various parts of the world; including a full exposure of the iniquities of the pretended prophet, Joe Smith, and of the seven degrees of the Mormon temple; also an account of the frauds practised by Matthias the prophet, and other religious impostors

Creator:: Olney, Oliver H.
Call Number:: WA MSS 364
Image Count:: 492
Abstract:: The documents record events in Nauvoo from April 1842 to January 1843, with comments on the Nauvoo authorities and Nauvoo Legion. Oliver Olney notes Joseph Smith's plans to move west, the John Cook Bennett scandal, the beginnings of polygamy, and his work to establish a new church. There is a draft of Olney's pamphlet "The Absurdities of Mormonism Portrayed" and some personal papers
Description:: Oliver Olney, brother of textbook author Jesse Olney (1798-1872) and son of Ezekial Olney, moved to Ohio in 1831 and became a Mormon. When Joseph Smith denounced him in 1842, he began assembling this collection. He had hopes of beginning his own church, but in 1843 he was convicted and jailed for robbing Moses Smith's store., Available on microfilm., and There is a typewritten foreword and calendar by Dale L. Morgan.
Subject (Geographic):: Illinois. and Nauvoo (Ill.)
Subject (Name):: Bennett, John Cook, 1804-1867., Olney, Oliver H., Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844., and Nauvoo Legion.
Subject (Topic):: Latter Day Saint churches, Doctrines, and Mormons
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Oliver H. Olney papers, 1842-1843