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Smith likely had interest in
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Ely,Paine,Smith,Lucy
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Smith likely had interest in Paines critique. According to his mother, Josephs unbelieving grandfather reportedly threw a copy of Paines The Age of Reason at Josephs father and bade him read until he believed it.
Notes :
In a document entitled "Preliminary Draft, Lucy Smith (Joseph Smiths mother) speaks of her father-in-law {Asael Smith] giving her husband Joseph Smith Sr. a copy of Age of Reason and "bade him read that until he believed it."
Smith likely had interest in
Year :
POI :
Ely,Paine,Smith,Lucy
City :
Scripture Reference :
Content :
Smith likely had interest in Paines critique. According to his mother, Josephs unbelieving grandfather reportedly threw a copy of Paines The Age of Reason at Josephs father and bade him read until he believed it.
Notes :
In a document entitled "Preliminary Draft, Lucy Smith (Joseph Smiths mother) speaks of her father-in-law {Asael Smith] giving her husband Joseph Smith Sr. a copy of Age of Reason and "bade him read that until he believed it."