A confession of Oliver Overstreet, 1857, April 7.

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A confession of Oliver Overstreet, 1857, April 7.

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Typescript copy of a confession given to the Probate Court, Territory of Utah, County of Salt Lake, by Oliver Overstreet (d.1857). In it, Overstreet claims he was paid $500 by Brigham Young to impersonate Oliver Cowdery, one of the witnesses to the Book of Mormon, at a conference in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1848. Overstreet writes that Young wanted him to reaffirm Cowdery's calling as a witness to bring lapsed Mormons back to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and for the purpose of "milking the Gentiles." Overstreet says that he felt it necessary to confess to the duplicity after Young began quoting what Overstreet had been told to say as Cowdery's own words. Also entitled "The Overstreet Letter."

1 copy of typescript, 2 pages.

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Overstreet, Oliver.

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Young, Brigham, 1801-1877

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Second president of the Mormon Church. From the description of Certificate, 1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122630973 American religious leader, second president of the Mormon Church, first governor of the Territory of Utah, and colonizer who significantly influenced the development of the American West. From the description of Cash ledger books, 1862-1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122480196 From the description of Cash ledger books 1862-1877 ...

Cowdery, Oliver

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Oliver Cowdery was born on October 3, 1806 in Wells, Vermont, the son of William Jr. and Rebecca Fuller Cowdery. While teaching in Palmyra, New York during the winter of 1828-29, Cowdery stayed with the family of Joseph Smith (1805-1844). It was during this time that Cowdery first heard of the visions of Smith and the Golden Plates. After meeting with Smith, Cowdery came to believe in the validity of his visions and agreed to help Smith transcribe the Book of Mormon. As a witness to the Book of ...