Joseph Smith had a limited education

Date
Dec 29, 1880
Type
Letter
Source
Simon Smith
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reprint
Reference

Simon Smith to Joseph Smith III, 29 December 1880, Miscellaneous Letters and Papers, RLDS Church Library-Archives, Independence, Missouri. Published in Saints' Herald 28 (1 February 1881): 43, in Dan Vogel, ed., Early Mormon Documents (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 1998), 2:382

Scribe/Publisher
Simon Smith
People
Simon Smith, Joseph Smith III
Audience
Joseph Smith III
Transcription

"He also said that Joseph Smith Jun.'s means of support, and ed=ucation at the time of the translation of the plates was very limited. That he did not know how to draw up a note of hand properly, and knowing it was the will of got [God] to assist him he did so willingly."

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