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Response to Under the Banner of Heaven, Chapter 18
Response to claims made in "Chapter 18: For Water Will Not Do"
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Response to claims made in Under the Banner of Heaven, "Chapter 18: For Water Will Not Do"
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- Response to claim: 221 - The author claims that William Aden was killed on 10 September 1857 in relation to the Mountain Meadows Massacre
- Response to claim: 221n - The author claims that Brigham Young's letter instructing the Latter-day Saints to leave the immigrants alone didn't appear until decades later and that there is question about its provenance and authenticity
Response to claim: 221 - The author claims that William Aden was killed on 10 September 1857 in relation to the Mountain Meadows Massacre
The author(s) of Under the Banner of Heaven make(s) the following claim:
William Aden was killed on 10 September 1857.
FAIR's Response
Fact checking results: This claim is false
Aden was killed 2-3 days before the massacre. [1]
Response to claim: 221n - The author claims that Brigham Young's letter instructing the Latter-day Saints to leave the immigrants alone didn't appear until decades later and that there is question about its provenance and authenticity
The author(s) of Under the Banner of Heaven make(s) the following claim:
Brigham Young's letter instructing the Latter-day Saints to leave the immigrants alone didn't appear until decades later; there is question about its provenance and authenticity.
FAIR's Response
Fact checking results: This claim is false
- For a detailed response, see: Brigham's letter mysteriously "lost"?
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