Joseph Smith, the originator of mormonism; Historical reminiscences of the town of Afton. May 3, 1877.

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Joseph Smith, the originator of mormonism; Historical reminiscences of the town of Afton. May 3, 1877.

From "Chenango" Union, May 3, 1877. Includes a newspaper article, a copy of a letter to Francis W. Kirkham, and biographical material on W. D. Purple, by Fawn M. Brodie. Concerns Joseph Smith's 1826 trial in Bainbridge, New York.

8 pp. : copy of typescript.

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Fawn McKay Brodie was born in Ogden, Utah, on September 15, 1915. Her family were active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with her grandfather serving as president of Brigham Young University and uncle David O. McKay as the ninth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Brodie attended Weber College in Ogden from 1930-1932 before finishing a B.A. in English Literature at the University of Utah in 1934. She returned to Weber College to teach English...