Memoirs of Lucy Mack Smith and family, 1830-1838.

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Memoirs of Lucy Mack Smith and family, 1830-1838.

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Negative photocopy of a diary book and memoirs by Lucy Mack Smith. Begins with the names and manners of death of several Christian martyrs and Roman figures, including St. Paul, St. James, St. Peter, St. Jude, St. Simon, Claudius, Titus, Herod, and Trajan. It then moves to a diary account of visits to family members in New York in 1838, including finding a sister "not seen in 15-20 years," and another sister "not seen in 15 years" in Middlebury, Vermont. This portion also includes references to Father Joseph Smith, Lucy's brother Daniel Mack, a brief tribute to Silas Smith, and Jesse Smith's denouncing of the Mormon Church. Another section of the memoirs record the travels of George Smith (1817-1875) from September 26 to December 24, 1838. George Smith traveled aboard the steamer Kansas, where he met several military leaders, including George M. Hinckle. He also meant to "purchase Davies County from brother Earl in Canada." The final portion of the memoirs records the experiences of Samuel Harrison Smith (1808-1844) who mentions a "history of the forefathers of the Indians...translated....by my brother [Joseph Smith] from some gold plates which he found buried in the earth." Smith describes bringing the Book of Mormon to a Mr. Green, who's wife was Brigham Young's sister. The entire memoir appears to be in the handwriting of Lucy Mack Smith. accompanying

1 negative photocopy, 32 pages.

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Smith, Samuel Harrison, 1772-1845

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Smith, George W. (George William), 1936-

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Smith, Lucy, 1775-1856

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Lucy Mack Smith, born on July 8, 1775, in Gilsum, New Hampshipre, was the mother of the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith. She married Joseph Smith, Sr., in January 1796, and they eventually had ten children. Lucy Smith was actively involved in the founding of the Mormon Church, and also wrote the memoir Biographical sketches of Joseph Smith, the prophet, and his pregenitors for many generations (1853). She died in Nauvoo, Illinois, on May 14, 1856. From the description of Memoirs of Lucy ...

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Residents of Charleston and, prior to capture of Port Royal, S.C., by Federal troops in 1861, of Smithfield plantation on the Combahee River in Beaufort District, S.C.; William Mason Smith (1818-1851) married Eliza C.M. Huger in 1842; they were parents of six children, including third son, D.E. Huger Smith, who transcribed and annotated these letters ca. 1920s with his daughter, artist Alice Ravenel Huger Smith. From the description of Smith family papers, 1860 Dec. 4-1926 Dec. 26 ; ...