Joseph invites Jane Manning James to be adopted into family.
- Type
- Letter
- Hearsay
- 2nd HandReprint
- Reference
Jane Manning James, Letter to Joseph F. Smith, February 7, 1890, in Russell Stevenson, For the Cause of Righteousness: A Global History of Blacks and Mormonism, 1830-2013 (Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2014), 285
- Scribe/Publisher
- Greg Kofford Books
- Transcription
Salt Lake City February 7, 1890
. . .
Third, Can I also be adopted in Brother Joseph Smiths the prophet['s] family, I think you are somewhat Acquainted with me—I lived in the prophets family With Emma and others, about a year—and Emma Said Joseph told her to tell me—I could be adopted in their family, she ask me if I should like to. I Did not understand the Law of adoption then—but Understanding it now. Can that be Accomplished and When—
. . .
I remain
Your Sister in the Gospel Jane E James, Elizabeth I am Coloured
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