Contents

Dissertations in LDS History

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

2 Thus Far

3 The Letters

    Lucy Mack Smith (1831)

    Phebe Crosby Peck (1832)

    Almira Mack Scobey Covey (1835)

    Rebecca Swain Williams Kimball (1835)

    Lovina Fairchild Wilson (1835)

    Mary Ann Angell Young (1835)

    Mary Fielding Smith (1837)

    Jennetta Richards (1838)

    Temperance Bond Mack (1838)

    Eliza Roxcy Snow (1839)

    Mary Fielding Smith, letter 2 (1839)

    Melissa Morgan Dodge (1839)

    Vilate Murray Kimball (1839)

    Laura Clark Phelps (1839)

    Almira Mack Scobey Covey, letter 2 (1840)

    Lucy Thompson Lisk (1840)

    Olive Boynton Hale (1841)

    Ann Marsh Abbott (1843)

4 The Ways of Salvation

5 Conclusion

Bibliography

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