A Study of the Origins of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the States of New York and Pennsylvania, 1816–1831

Volumes in the Series

Dissertations in LDS History

Contents

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Preface to the 2000 Edition

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction

2 The Smith Family in New England and New York

3 Wayne and Ontario Counties, New York

4 Susquehanna County Pennsylvania

5 Chenango and Broome Counties, New York

6 Seneca County, New York

7 New York to Ohio

8 Conclusions

Appendix A: Statement of Benjamin Cole Latham

Appendix B: Drs. Nathan Smith and Cyrus Perkins

Appendix C: Land Records, the Joseph Smith, Sr., Farm Manchester, New York

Appendix D: A Short Sketch of the Life of Solomon Chamberlin

Appendix E: Letter of Josiah Stowell to Joseph Smith

Appendix F: Land Records, the Peter Whitmer, Sr., Farm, Fayette, New York

Appendix G: Letter of John A. Rumsey to David Whitmer

Appendix H: Incorporation of “the Church of Christ”

Appendix I: Letter of Joseph Smith to Hyrum Smith

Bibliography

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