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Correct Account Of The Murder Of Generals Joseph And Hyrum Smith At Carthage On The 27Th Day Of June, 1844

Correct Account Of The Murder Of Generals Joseph And Hyrum Smith At Carthage On The 27Th Day Of June, 1844

M. Daniels, Wm

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General ReferenceGeneral ChristianityGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 9354501230
ISBN13: 9789354501234
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 18 2021
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.13
Height: 0.08 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
On 27 June 1844, in a small Illinois jail, a nation watched a religious movement collide with frontier politics and mob violence. History turns in one day. Wm. M. Daniels presents a terse, gripping account of the Carthage Jail attack that ended in the Joseph Smith assassination and the Hyrum Smith murder, capturing how the killings were understood and reported at the time. Framed as an eyewitness historical account and issued as a classic pamphlet reprint in a full text edition, this work is valued for its immediacy: names, dates, claims, and the texture of alarm that followed the shots. It is essential reading for an LDS Church history study, and a reliable primary-style window for Mormon history researchers tracing Illinois 1844 history, the fraught Nauvoo era Illinois, and the wider story of American frontier religion. Read it for the stark narrative; return to it for the questions it raises about authority, justice, and memory. As a nineteenth-century polemical document, it also illuminates how print culture shaped public opinion in the aftermath, making it a touchstone in Mormon historiography in the Midwest. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Whether you are building a serious Mormon history collection or seeking a clear entry point into one of the most consequential episodes in early Latter-day Saint history, this concise document remains hard to forget.

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