FootnoteVogel, D. 1971. The Locations of Joseph Smith’s Early Treasure Quests. Dialogue V27 No. 3, 197-2229. See: http://dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V27N03_211.pdf Michael Quinn has provided evidence of Smith’s treasure-digging near...
Footnote“The Seerstone that the Prophet Joseph Smith used was, according to the Millennial Star, vol. 24, p. 86, a chocolate-colored stone about the size of an egg that was oval in shape. It was found by Joseph in a well when working for Clark Chase in the year 1826.”...
FootnoteImage. Arthur B. Demings’ 1885 solicited statement describing Smith’s fondness for stories about Captain Kidd: “Jo Smith claimed to be a seer. He had a very clear stone about the size and shape of a duck’s egg, and claimed that he could see lost or hidden...
FootnoteComplete statement: “I became acquainted with, the family of Joseph Smith, Sen. about the year 1820, in the town of Manchester, N. York. They were a family that labored vary little–the chief they did, was to dig for money. Joseph Smith, Jr. the pretended...
Footnotehttp://www.conchisle.com/magic.htm Samantha Payne manuscript affidavit, June 29, 1881, Ontario County Clerk’s Office, Canandaigua, New York, photocopy in fd. 31, box 149, Marquardt papers, Marriott Library.
FootnoteFull quote: “When properly invoked, with Jupiter being very powerful and ruling in the heavens, these intelligences—by the power of ancient magic—guaranteed to the possessor of this talisman the gain of riches, and favor, and power, and love and peace; and to...
