Smith family knew Joseph did not have proper education.

Date
Dec 31, 1883
Type
Book
Source
William Smith
Disaffected
Hearsay
Direct
Late
Reference

William Smith, William Smith on Mormonism (Lamoni, Iowa: Herald Steam Book and Job Office, 1883), 9-10

Scribe/Publisher
Herald Steam Book and Job Office
People
William Smith
Audience
General Public
Transcription

Knowing that he was very young, that he had not enjoyed the advantages of a common education; and knowing too, his whole character and disposition, they were convinced that he was totally incapable of arising before his aged parents, his brothers and sisters, and so solemnly giving utterance to anything but the truth.

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