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Letter from Emma Smith, 25 April 1837
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Dear Husband
Your letter was welcomed both by friends and foes, we were
glad enough to hear that you was well, and our enemies think they have almost
found you, by seeing where the letters were mailed. We are all well as usual
except Mother
is not quite as well as common. Our family is small and yet I have a great
deal of business to see to, Brother Tenny has
not moved yet, and he does not know when he will, we have taken possession
of all the room we could get.
8 July 1775–14 May 1856. Oilcloth painter, nurse, fund-raiser, author. Born at Gilsum, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire. Daughter of Solomon Mack Sr. and Lydia Gates. Moved to Montague, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, 1779; to Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont, 1788...
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I have got all the money that I have had any chance to, and as many
goods as I could well, I have not got much at Chester, no money at all, there is so
many a watching that place that there is no prospect of my getting
any thing of consequence there.
Brother Knights
will tell you better about the business than I can write, as there is
but a moment for me to improve. I cannot tell you my feelings when I found I
could not see you before you left, yet I expect you can realize them, the
children feel very
anxious about you because they dont know where you have gone; I verily feel
that if I had no more confidence in God than some I could name, I should
be in a sad case indeed but I still believe that if we humble ourselves,
and are <as> faithful as we can be we shall be delivered from
every snare that maybe laid for our feet, and our lives and property
will be saved and we redeemed from all unreasonable encumbrances.
My time is out, I pray that God will keep you in purity and safety till
we all meet again.
Emma Smith
10 July 1804–30 Apr. 1879. Scribe, editor, boardinghouse operator, clothier. Born at Willingborough Township (later in Harmony), Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Daughter of Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis. Member of Methodist church at Harmony (later in Oakland...
View Full BioKirtland April 25th.
Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and 1,000 others; in 1838 about 2,000 Saints and 1,200 others; in 1839 about 100 Saints and 1,500 others. Mormon missionaries visited township...
More InfoMr Joseph Smith Jr [p. 35]
Emma Smith, letter, Kirtland, OH, to JS, [Palmyra, NY], 25 Apr. 1837; handwriting of James Mulholland; in JS Letterbook 2, p. 35; JS Collection, CHL.
10 July 1804–30 Apr. 1879. Scribe, editor, boardinghouse operator, clothier. Born at Willingborough Township (later in Harmony), Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Daughter of Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis. Member of Methodist church at Harmony (later in Oakland...
View Full BioLocated ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and 1,000 others; in 1838 about 2,000 Saints and 1,200 others; in 1839 about 100 Saints and 1,500 others. Mormon missionaries visited township...
More InfoFirst permanent white settlers arrived, ca. 1789. Included village of Palmyra. Erie canal opened, 1825, in southern portion of township. Population in 1810 about 2,200. Population in 1830 about 3,400. Home of Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith family, beginning...
More Info1804–3 Nov. 1839. Born in Ireland. Baptized into LDS church. Married Sarah Scott, 8 Feb. 1838, at Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri. Engaged in clerical work for JS, 1838, at Far West. Ordained a seventy, 28 Dec. 1838. After expulsion from Missouri, lived ...
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