Autobiography, 1904.

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Autobiography, 1904.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122622084

Typewritten carbon copy of an autobiography with pencilled corrections composed in Lawrence, Kansas in 1904. Gore participated in an overland journey to Jacksonville, Oregon in 1852 and presents many insights into frontier and pioneer life. Gore was familiar with the Mormons in Kirtland, Ohio and in Nauvoo, Illinois. After the Mormons arrived in Kirtland, "the chicken-roosts suffered ... and the herds of stock frequently became reduced." When confronted the Mormons "would acknowledge the act but would justify themselves by saying that their prohpet [sic] had received a special revelation from God" allowing them to take all they needed. Gore called the Mormons of Nauvoo "those sinful people" and stated he saw the corpse of Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the first president of the Mormon Church. "He was as black as my hat."

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Harold B. Lee Library

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Gore, Ebeneezer Emory.

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American farmer and pioneer who was born in Halifax, Vermont who moved to Kirtland, Ohio in 1826, to Charleston, Iowa in 1840, and later to Lawrence, Kansas in 1879. From the description of Autobiography, 1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122622084 ...

Gore, Edeneezer Emory.

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Smith, Joseph, jr., 1805-1844

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