Item Detail
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25935
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English
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Setting the Record Straight : Brigham Young's Baptism Date
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Journal of Mormon History
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Fall 2012
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38
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4
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon History Association
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195-199
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Many Brigham Young biographies and Latter-day Saint reference books state that Brigham Young's baptism occurred on either April 14 or 15, 1832, at Mendon, New York. The earliest records - which I accept as the most accurate - date his baptism as April 9, 1832. Much confusion originated from Brigham Young himself. This article seeks to trace this development and how, over time, the date was moved to five or six days later.