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Posted by: Kevin ® 07/26/2003, 05:16:39 Author Profile Mail author Edit |
...in his book The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power (pp. 645, 646) "18 June, 1844 - Smith declares martial law and, in speaking to the Nauvoo legion, gives his last public address." "20 June, 1844 - Smith writes the apostles to return to Nauvoo immediately and, probably on this occasion, instructs them to destroy their endowment undergarments." "27 June, 1844, 5 p.m. - ... [Members of the mob who attacked Joseph Smith, et al, at Carthage] prop the semi-conscious Smith against a nearby well and shoot him several times at point-blank range. Willard Richards...is the only one not killed or severely wounded. Mormons immediately attribute this to the fact that he alone wore the undergarment given to endowed persons." |
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