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| − | =Did Joseph and others with him remove their garments in order to avoid being identified as polygamists?=
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| − | ==Criticism==
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| − | *Critics claim that prior to leaving for Carthage, that Joseph Smith removed his garments, and advised others to remove theirs, in order to avoid identification as polygamists.
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| − | ==Response==
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| − | ===Did Joseph and others remove their temple garments prior to leaving for Carthage?===
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| − | Of the four men who were in Carthage Jail at the time that Joseph and Hyrum Smith were killed, three of them had removed their garments. Only Willard Richards was wearing his garments at the time of the martyrdom.
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| − | ===What were the reasons for removing their garments?===
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| − | "Elder John Taylor confirmed the saying that Joseph and Hyrum and himiself were without their robes in the jail at Carthage, while Doctor Richards had his on, but corrected the idea that some had, that they had taken them off through fear. W. W. Phelps said Joseph told him one day about that time, that he had laid aside his garment on account of the hot weather." {{ref|smith.222}}
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| − | The fact that Willard Richards was the only one who escaped the martyrdom unscathed led to the belief that he had been protected because he was the only one of the four wearing his garments at the time.
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| − | Elder Kimball...[s]poke of Elder Richards being protected at Carthage Jail--having on the robe, while Joseph & Hyrum were shot to pieces...
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| − | ===Was the wearing of garments connected with the practice of polygamy?===
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| − | ===Were garments used as a means to identify people as "Mormons?"===
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| − | ==Conclusion==
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| − | ==Endnotes==
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| − | {{note|smith.222}}George D. Smith (ed), ''An Intimate Chronicle The Journals of William Clayton'', 222-24.
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| − | ==Further reading==
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| − | ===FAIR wiki articles===
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| − | ===FAIR web site===
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| − | *{{tg|url=http://www.fairlds.org/apol/ai241.html|topic=Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith}}
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| − | *Lance Starr, "Was Joseph Smith a Martyr or a Murderer?," (Mesa, Arizona: FAIR, May 2003) {{pdflink|url=http://www.fairlds.org/apol/ai241.html}}
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| − | ===External links===
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| − | * {{EoM|author=Joseph I. Bentley|article=Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith|vol=2|start=860|end=862}}{{fairlink|url=http://ldsfaq.byu.edu/emmain.asp?number=113}}
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| − | *{{Ensign1|author=Reed Blake|article=Martyrdom at Carthage|date=June 1994|start=30}}{{link|url=http://library.lds.org/library/lpext.dll/ArchMagazines/Ensign/1994.htm/ensign%20june%201994.htm/martyrdom%20at%20carthage.htm?fn=document-frame.htm&f=templates&2.0}}
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| − | *{{1min|article=Was Joseph Smith Really a Martyr?|url=http://www.lightplanet.com/response/answers/martyr.htm}}
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| − | *W. John Walsh, "Was Joseph Smith a Martyr?" {{link|url=http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/response/qa/martyr_joseph.htm}}
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| − | ===Printed material===
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| − | *{{CarthageConspiracy1|start=1}}{{NB}}
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