Item Detail
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26185
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English
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Wightites in Wisconsin : The Formation of a Dissenting Latter Day Community (1842-1845)
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John Whitmer Historical Association Journal
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2012
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32
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no. 1
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Independence, MO
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John Whitmer Historical Association
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63-78
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The article focuses on the formation of Latter Day Saint (LDS) movement leader Lyman Wight's colony of Mormons, known as the Wightites, that opposed LDS leader Brigham Young and the Quorum of the Twelve, a governing body of the movement. Wight's plans to lead a colony of Mormons to Texas following a succession crises caused by the death of LDS founder Joseph Smith are discussed, and the colony's stay in Wisconsin in order to procure lumber for the LDS community in Nauvoo, Illinois is described. Wight's eventual dismissal of the authority of Young and the Quorum of Twelve following economic disputes is discussed.
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