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Smith, Amanda Barnes
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1809-1886
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MSS SC 528
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a photocopy of a transcription of the Journal of Amanda Barnes Smith, transcribed by Joyce A. Reader Whittier.
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This collection consists of a transcribed copy of Amanda Barnes Smith's autobiography and a biography of Amanda by her daughter-in-law Hulda Cordelia Thurston Smith. Amanda's autobiography is well-written and concise. It deals primarily with her conversion and subsequent trials in the L.D.S. faith. Included in the autobiography is a copy of an affidavit made in Quincy, Illinois on April 18, 1839 concerning her experience with the Haun's Mill Massacre. She describes a few miraculous healings of family members and bears witness of many other healings and great manifestations of the power of God (4). The biography by Hulda Smith deals primarily with Amanda's decision to be sealed to the prophet Joseph Smith. Campbellism
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