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Joseph Smith: The Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations

Lucy Smith, the Mother of the Prophet, 1853, Liverpool Edition, paperback reprint, 279 pages

“The following pages, embracing biographical sketches and the genealogy of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, and his progenitors, were mostly written previous to the death of the Prophet, and under his personal inspection.

“Most of the historical items have never been published. They will therefore be exceedingly interesting to all Saints and sincere inquirers after the truth, affording them the privilege of becoming more extensively acquainted with the private life and character of one of the greatest prophets that ever lived upon the earth. Independent of this, the events which have occurred in connection with the history of this remarkable family, are, in themselves, of the most marvelous kind, and of infinite importance in their bearings upon the present and future generations.” – Elder Orson Pratt from the Preface to the 1853 Edition

“In September, 1852, Apostle Orson Pratt went on a mission to England … and being shown the manuscript copy he purchased it for a certain sum of money, took it to Liverpool with him, where, without revision and without the consent or knowledge of President Young or any of the Twelve, it was published under his direction in 1853. It was afterwards discovered that the book contained errors, occasioned by its not being carefully compared with historical data. Some of the statements written in the Preface by Elder Pratt were also in error; one especially that the book was mostly written in the lifetime of the Prophet, and that he had read it with approval,, was incorrect, since it was written in 1845, the year following his martyrdom. For these reasons and others, mostly of a financial character, it was disapproved by President Young on August 23, 1865, and the edition was suppressed or destroyed.” – President Joseph F. Smith from the Preface to the 1901 Edition

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