Criticism of Mormonism/Books/No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith/Chapter 17

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Claims made in "Chapter 16: The Alcoran or the Sword"

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Claims made in "Chapter 18: Nauvoo"

Claims made in "Chapter 17: Ordeal in Liberty Jail"

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Claim

• William Smith stated regarding his brother Joseph that he "would have hung him years ago!"

Author's source(s)

• History of the Church 3:226-33

Response
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251-252

Claim

• While in Liberty Jail, Joseph was worried that Sidney Rigdon would revive the United Order and the Danites.

Author's source(s)

• History of the Church 3:295, 301, 303

Response

• Danites ^{[needs work]}

252

Claim

• Lucinda Morgan Harris claimed to have been "the prophet's mistress" at one time.

Response
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