Killing of Joseph Smith
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title:
Killing of Joseph Smith
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Joseph Smith, the founder and leader of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother, Hyrum Smith, were killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois, United States, on June 27, 1844, while awaiting trial in the town jail on charges of treason. The Nauvoo Expositor was a newly-established newspaper published by anti-polygamist ex-Mormons who had recently been excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The newspaper's first issue criticized Smith and other church leaders, repo
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1844 assassination of Mormon leader Joseph Smith
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Joseph_Smith
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2005-08-30T22:04:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T10:59:05Z
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