Criticism of Mormonism/Books/No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith/Chapter 23


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Criticism of Mormonism/Books
A work by author: Fawn Brodie

Claims made in "Chapter 23: Into Hiding"

323

Claim
  • There was a rumor that Joseph had predicted that Governor's Boggs and Carlin would meet a violent death.

Author's source(s)
  • History of the Church 5:50.
Response
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328

Claim
  • Joseph threatened to have houses burned if tavern owners in the village of Paris did not let them stay for the night.

Author's source(s)
  • History of the Church 5:211.
Response
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331

Claim
  • Joseph was accused of sending Porter Rockwell to kill Lilburn Boggs.

Response
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332-333

Claim
  • Joseph had a bar installed in the Mansion House but removed it at Emma's insistence?

Author's source(s)
  • "Memoirs of President Joseph Smith," Saints' Herald, Jan. 22, 1935, p. 110.
  • History of the Church 6:111, 429"
Response
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