Joseph states that he was deprived of a benefit of an education and was instructed only in the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic.

Date: Dec 31, 1832
Type: Manuscript
Source: Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay: Scribed Verbatim
Reference: Joseph Smith History circa 1832, 1, Church History Archives, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed August 11, 2021
Scribe/Publisher: Joseph Smith, Jr., Frederick G. Williams
People: Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience: General Public
Transcription: therefore we were deprived of the bennifit of an education suffice it to say I was mearly instructtid in reading and writing and the ground <rules> of Arithmatic which const[it]uted my whole literary acquirements
Source Link: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-circa-summer-1832/1
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