Early Mormon Documents, Volume 3

The third in an award-winning series (Mormon History Association Award for Best Documentary Book), this volume contains lesser-known, hard-to-find sources relating to the 1820s-30s. They include statements and reminiscences of some of the first converts to Mormonism (Silas Hillman, Emer Harris); of shopkeepers Joseph Smith worked for (William Hyde) or did business with (Daniel Hendrik, Nathaniel W. Howell); a cell-mate of Joseph's father (Eli Bruce); a town minister (Jesse Townsend); a publisher who declined to print the Book of Mormon (Thurlow Weed); and neighbors (Wallace Miner, Carlos Osgood, Philetus B. Spear).In addition, Vogel includes relevant road and highway surveys, census records, land assessments, estate papers, account books, probate papers, and Masonic and Presbyterian church records; and news stories from the Wayne County Journal, Rochester Gem, Geauga Gazette, Broom County Courier, Lockport Balance, and other publications.Early Mormon Documents, Volume 3, 1 was published 2000 under ISBN 9781560851332 and ISBN 1560851333.