Item Detail
-
18093
-
Journal Article
-
English
-
Black, Susan Easton, Porter, Larry C.
-
"For the Sum of Three Thousand Dollars"
-
Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
-
2005
-
14
-
2
-
Provo, UT
-
Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
-
2005
-
4-11
-
The authors stress the need to remember that without Martin Harris' financial support the printing of the "Book of Mormon would have been delayed if not postponed for an indeterminate season." Originally, Martin Harris was supposed to pay for half of the printing with Joseph and Hyrum Smith contracting to pay the remainder of the cost. However, the Smiths were unable to raise the money, and Martin Harris had to sell a portion of his farm to pay the debt to the printer. In addition, due to these financial circumstances and "other interpersonal concerns" his wife, Lucy, left him, and many of his former friends pitied him for supporting Joseph Smith.
-
3
-
14
-
Autobiography of Thurlow Weed
Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His Progenitors for Many Generations
Encyclopedia of Mormonism : The History, Scripture, Doctrine, and Procedures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Go Forward with Faith : The Biography of Gordon B. Hinckley
Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses
Joseph Knight's Recollection of Early Mormon History
Joseph Smith's 1826 Trial : The Legal Setting
Mormonism Unvailed : Or, a Faithful Account of That Singular Imposition and Delusion From Its Rise to the Present Time
Origin, Rise and Progress of Mormonism
The Book of Mormon Reference Companion
The Martin Harris Story
The Passing of Martin Harris
The Prophet of Palmyra
The Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon