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Sidney Rigdon to be the successor to Joseph Smith...
Sidney Rigdon to be the successor to Joseph Smith...
Item # 685128
September 07, 1844
NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Sept. 7, 1844 Page 3 has an article with small heading: "Illinois. The Mormons" which reports: "Samuel H. Smith, brother of Joseph and Hiram, died at Nauvoo a fortnight since. William is now the only surviving brother. Sidney Rigdon, the most talented of the concern, has returned to Nauvoo & claimed to be successor of the Prophet..." and a bit more.
Sixteen pages, 8 1/2 by 12 inches, nice condition.
As noted in Wikipedia, this title: "...(was) one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States...Devoted primarily to politics...considered an important source for the history of the period."
Category: Pre-Civil War
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