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*[[Joseph Smith's "amusing recitals" of ancient American inhabitants]] | *[[Joseph Smith's "amusing recitals" of ancient American inhabitants]] | ||
*[[../Use of sources/Tall Tales|Use of sources: Tall Tales]] | *[[../../Use of sources/Tall Tales|Use of sources: Tall Tales]] | ||
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*Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His Progenitors for many Generations [Liverpool: S.W. Richards, 1853), 85, reprinted in Dan Vogel, ed., ''Early Mormon Documents'' [Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1996], vol. 1, 296. | *Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His Progenitors for many Generations [Liverpool: S.W. Richards, 1853), 85, reprinted in Dan Vogel, ed., ''Early Mormon Documents'' [Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1996], vol. 1, 296. | ||
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|72, 514n61 (HB)||The name "Lemuel" may have been derived from the name of the Smith's landlord, Lemuel Durfee. | |72, 514n61 (HB)||The name "Lemuel" may have been derived from the name of the Smith's landlord, Lemuel Durfee. | ||
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*[[../Use of sources/Prophetic Autobiography|Prophetic Autobiography]] | *[[../../Use of sources/Prophetic Autobiography|Prophetic Autobiography]] | ||
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*Vogel, [''Early Mormon Documents''] vol. 1, 321, footnote #128. | *Vogel, [''Early Mormon Documents''] vol. 1, 321, footnote #128. | ||
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Claims made in "Chapter 3: From Profit to Prophet" | A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books A work by author: Richard Abanes
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Claims made in "Chapter 5: People of Zion" |
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64, 511n24 (HB) | Joseph Smith's "amusing recitals" of ancient American inhabitants. |
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72, 514n61 (HB) | The name "Lemuel" may have been derived from the name of the Smith's landlord, Lemuel Durfee. |
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