excerpt from the first five chapters of the History of the Church by Joseph Smith; describes his life up to 1829; today included in the Pearl of Great Price English
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    Extracts from the History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet (English)
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    Joseph Smith—History (English)
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    And their intentions of mobbing us were only counteracted by the influence of my wife’s father’s family (under Divine providence), who had become very friendly to me, and who were opposed to mobs, and were willing that I should be allowed to continue the work of translation without interruption; and therefore offered and promised us protection from all unlawful proceedings, as far as in them lay. (English)
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    Owing to the many reports which have been put in circulation by evil-disposed and designing persons, in relation to the rise and progress of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, all of which have been designed by the authors thereof to militate against its character as a Church and its progress in the world—I have been induced to write this history, to disabuse the public mind, (English)
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