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Agreement with Martin Harris, 16 January 1830
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By August 1829, Martin Harris had pledged his farm as security to E. B. Grandin for the Book of Mormon’s publication. This agreement secured for Harris one-half of the proceeds from the Book of Mormon’s sale until he was fully reimbursed, in effect making the Smith family and Harris equal beneficiaries. This document was signed on 16 January 1830, a date that coincided with JS’s visit to New York to stop Abner Cole from publishing unauthorized excerpts from the Book of Mormon in his Palmyra newspaper, The Reflector.
18 May 1783–10 July 1875. Farmer. Born at Easton, Albany Co., New York. Son of Nathan Harris and Rhoda Lapham. Moved with parents to area of Swift’s Landing (later in Palmyra), Ontario Co., New York, 1793. Married first his first cousin Lucy Harris at Palmyra...
View Full Bio30 Mar. 1806–16 Apr. 1845. Printer, newspaper editor and publisher, butcher, shipper, tanner. Born in Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Son of William Grandin and Amy Lewis. Moved to Williamson, Ontario Co., New York, by 1810; to Pultneyville, Ontario Co...
View Full BioKnown as Swift’s Landing and Tolland before being renamed Palmyra, 1796. Incorporated, Mar. 1827, two years after completion of adjacent Erie Canal. Population in 1820 about 3,700. Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith family lived in village briefly, beginning ...
More InfoOliver Cowdery prepared this document and witnessed it; JS signed it. The original is retained in the Simon Gratz Collection, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Gratz’s date of acquisition is unknown.
3 Oct. 1806–3 Mar. 1850. Clerk, teacher, justice of the peace, lawyer, newspaper editor. Born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller. Raised Congregationalist. Moved to western New York and clerked at a store, ca. 1825–1828...
View Full BioJS, Agreement, Manchester, NY, 16 Jan. 1830; handwriting of Oliver Cowdery with signature of JS; witnessed by Oliver Cowdery; one page; Simon Gratz Collection, Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Includes later endorsements in unidentified handwriting: “Joseph Smith, Sen. | Father of Jos. Smith, the founder | of Mormonism— & himself | one of the most prominent | of the sect.” and “Oliver H. P. Cowdery | one of the most active of Smith’s | adherents— and his scribe in | the preparation of ‘The Book | of Mormon.’”
Settled 1793. Formed as Burt Township when divided from Farmington Township, 31 Mar. 1821. Name changed to Manchester, 16 Apr. 1822. Included village of Manchester. Population in 1825 about 2,700. Population in 1830 about 2,800. JS reported first vision of...
More Info3 Oct. 1806–3 Mar. 1850. Clerk, teacher, justice of the peace, lawyer, newspaper editor. Born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller. Raised Congregationalist. Moved to western New York and clerked at a store, ca. 1825–1828...
View Full Bio3 Oct. 1806–3 Mar. 1850. Clerk, teacher, justice of the peace, lawyer, newspaper editor. Born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller. Raised Congregationalist. Moved to western New York and clerked at a store, ca. 1825–1828...
View Full Bio12 July 1771–14 Sept. 1840. Cooper, farmer, teacher, merchant. Born at Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Asael Smith and Mary Duty. Nominal member of Congregationalist church at Topsfield. Married to Lucy Mack by Seth Austin, 24 Jan. 1796, at Tunbridge...
View Full Bio3 Oct. 1806–3 Mar. 1850. Clerk, teacher, justice of the peace, lawyer, newspaper editor. Born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller. Raised Congregationalist. Moved to western New York and clerked at a store, ca. 1825–1828...
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