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Letter from P., circa 1 September 1842

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P., Letter to the editor of Times and Seasons [JS], [
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Hancock Co., IL, ca. 1 Sept. 1842]. Version published in “To the Editor of the Times and Seasons,” Times and Seasons, 1 Sept. 1842, 3:906–908. For more complete source information, see the source note for Letter to Isaac Galland, 22 Mar. 1839.

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Letter from P., circa 1 September 1842
Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842

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To the Editor of the Times and Seasons.
Sir: Not long since, I had the honor to be in the company of a clergyman, as he styled himself, and as our religion was the engrossing topic of conversation, I have thought it would be no harm to community at large, if some of the items of our conversation were made public.
Clergyman.—Your society, I perceive, believe in the Book of Mormon as a revelation from God.
Saint. Yes! certainly: all truth came from the Lord by revelation.
C. Why dont you show the
plates

A record engraved on gold plates, which JS translated and published as the Book of Mormon. The text explained that the plates were an abridgment of other ancient records and were written by an American prophet named Mormon and his son Moroni. The plates were...

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and convince the world at once? [p. 906]
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