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New York Mormonism tale linked to Western religious zeal
A lengthy analysis in the Canandaigua section denounces Mormonism as a product of Western New York fanaticism and clerical manipulation. It traces Joe Smith and companions from humble peddling to a claimed new Bible, money digging schemes, and a proto church in Ontario and Palmyra before moving toward Ohio.
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N. Y
New York
Atlantic
Joe Smith
Harris
Ringdon
Ohio
Smith
Wayne
Ontario
Canandaigua
Palmyra
Manchester
Big Gen Joe
Junr
Young Joe
Tie
Pabnyra
Smith’s
Canandaigua Lake
Erie Canal
New England
Painsville
Jong
Old Smith
Young Smith
Henry Ringdon
Golden Bible
Money Diggers
Uble
Rochester
Congress
Bissell
Magdalen
Sunday Mail
Magdalen Reports
Ontario County
Smiths
Rangdon
Joe
Simith
Tlarris
Ali
Ife
Mitchell
Champollion
Egypt
N. York ‘Trust Company
Obio
Promised Land
Painesville
Pedior
Parson
Tilly Lynde
T. B. Storers
Jonah Knapp
Court of Common Pleas
Muron County
Witchville
Jon A Knapp
T. B. Sourees
Calvin Mead
Huron County
Greenwich
Galvin Mead
T. B. Stornes