Item Detail
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8875
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13
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0
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English
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James Arlington Bennett and the Mormons
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BYU Studies
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Winter 1979
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19
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247-49
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"Born in New York, James Arlington Bennet was proprietor and principal of the Arlington House, an educational institution on Long Island. Usually remembered as Joseph Smith's first choice as Vice-Presidential running mate in the 1844 Presidential election, Bennet began association with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through John C. Bennett about 1841. An apparent unscrupulous opportunist, Bennet had fantasies which included fame as an author, governor of Illinois, general of the Nauvoo Legion, and successor to Joseph Smith. In October 1845, when Bennet visited Nauvoo, he notified Church leaders of his intentions to "cross the Rocky Mountains" with the Saints. But after Brigham Young refused to appoint him head of the Nauvoo Legion, Bennet returned to New York." [Publisher's abstract]
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A Documentary History of the Book of Mormon
And the War Came : James Buchanan, the Utah Expedition, and the Decision to Intervene
Brigham Young to Mary Ann Young : August 17, 1843
From Mission to Madness : Last Son of the Mormon Prophet
"Full of Life, Fun, and Fight": James Arlington Bennett, Correspondent, Forger, and Eccentric
Glorious in Persecution : Joseph Smith, American Prophet, 1839–1844
Joseph Smith for President : The Prophet, the Assassins, and the Fight for American Religious Freedom
Joseph Smith's Description of Paul the Apostle
Junius and Joseph : Presidential Politics and the Assassination of the First Mormon Prophet
Kingdom of Nauvoo : The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier
Prelude to Civil War : The Utah War’s Impact and Legacy
The People Are "Hogaffed or Humbugged" : The 1851-52 National Reaction to Utah's
"Runaway" Officers : Part 2
Utah's Civil War(s) : Linkages and Connections