Salt Lake Tribune exposes endowment's oath against US Government and its people.

Date
Sep 28, 1879
Type
Periodical
Source
Mrs. G.B.R
Disaffected
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

"Mrs. G.B.R," Nephi, Utah. September 21, 1879, published as "Lifting the Vail," Salt Lake Tribune 16, no. 139 (September 28, 1879): 4

Scribe/Publisher
Salt Lake Daily Tribune
People
Hyrum Smith, Mrs. G.B.R, Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

We were then made to swear to avenge the death of Joseph Smith, the martyr, together with that of his brother, Hyrum, on this American nation and that we would teach our children and children's children to do so. The penalty for this grip and oath was disembowelment.

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