Frederic G. Mather's account that Joseph Smith would get quarrelsome when drunk.

Date
Aug 1880
Type
Periodical
Source
Lorenzo Saunders
Critic
Non-LDS
Hearsay
3rd Hand
Late
Reference

Frederic G. Mather, "Early Days of Mormonism," Lippincott's Magazine 26, no. 152 (August 1880): 198

Scribe/Publisher
Lippincott's Magazine
People
Lorenzo Saunders, Frederic G. Mather
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

Orlando Sanders of Palmyra, a well-preserved gentleman of over eighty, tells us that the Smith family worked for his father and for himself. He gives them the credit of being good workers, but declares that they could save no money. He also states that Joseph, Jr., was "a greeny," both large and strong. By nature he was peaceably disposed, but when he had taken too much liquor he was inclined to fight, with or without provocation.

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