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|summary=Many of Joseph Smith’s friends and neighbors signed affidavits that accused him and his family of being lazy, indolent, undependable treasure-seekers. | |summary=Many of Joseph Smith’s friends and neighbors signed affidavits that accused him and his family of being lazy, indolent, undependable treasure-seekers. | ||
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| + | |sublink2=Question: What do the Hurlbut affidavits claim about the Smith family's character and reliability? | ||
| + | |sublink3=Question: What did Parley Chase claim about Joseph Smith in the Hurlbut affidavits? | ||
| + | |sublink4=Question: What did Joseph Capron claim about Joseph Smith in the Hurlbut affidavits? | ||
| + | |sublink5=Question: What did Lemon Copley claim about Joseph Smith in the Hurlbut affidavits? | ||
| + | |sublink6=Question: What did Alva Hale claim about Joseph Smith in the Hurlbut affidavits? | ||
| + | |sublink7=Question: What did Isaac Hale claim about Joseph Smith in the Hurlbut affidavits? | ||
| + | |sublink8=Question: What did Henry Harris claim about Joseph Smith in the Hurlbut affidavits? | ||
| + | |sublink9=Question: What did Nathaniel Lewis claim about Joseph Smith in the Hurlbut affidavits? | ||
| + | |sublink10=Question: What did Joshua M'Kune claim about Joseph Smith in the Hurlbut affidavits? | ||
| + | |sublink11=Question: What did Roswell Nichols claim about Joseph Smith in the Hurlbut affidavits? | ||
| + | |sublink12=Question: What did Barton Stafford claim about Joseph Smith in the Hurlbut affidavits? | ||
| + | |sublink13=Question: What did David Stafford claim about Joseph Smith in the Hurlbut affidavits? | ||
| + | |sublink14=Question: What did Joshua Stafford claim about Joseph Smith in the Hurlbut affidavits? | ||
| + | |sublink15=Question: What did G. W. Stoddard claim about Joseph Smith in the Hurlbut affidavits? | ||
| + | |sublink16=Question: What do the Hurlbut affidavits claim about the Smith family and treasure digging? | ||
| + | |sublink17=Question: What do the Hurlbut affidavits say about Charles Anthon and the characters copied from the gold plates? | ||
| + | |sublink18=Question: What did the Hurlbut affidavits say about Martin Harris? | ||
| + | |sublink19=Question: What do the Hurlbut affidavits say about Joseph Smith claiming that he was "as good as Jesus Christ"? | ||
| + | |sublink20=Question: What do the Hurlbut affidavits say about the Spalding manuscript and the Book of Mormon? | ||
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Contents
Response to Mormonism Unvailed
| A FAIR Analysis of: Mormonism Unvailed A work by author: Eber D. Howe
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Mormonism Unvailed by Eber D. Howe
The Hurlbut affidavits
Summary: Many of Joseph Smith’s friends and neighbors signed affidavits that accused him and his family of being lazy, indolent, undependable treasure-seekers.
About this work
Published by Eber D. Howe in 1834, Mormonism Unvailed is considered one of the first true "anti-Mormon" books. This book is notable for the introduction of the following:
- A collection of affidavits by Doctor Philastus Hurlbut which cast Joseph Smith and his family as lazy treasure-seekers. These affidavits have provided critics of the Church with a rich source of information with which to attack the character of Joseph Smith, Jr. For a detailed response, see: The Hurlbut affidavits
- The introduction of the Spalding theory of Book of Mormon origins. A once popular secular theory for the origin of the Book of Mormon, the Spalding theory lost credibility when it was discovered that the only extant Spalding manuscript bore little resemblance to the Book of Mormon. The theory retains a few die-hard adherents even to this day. For a detailed response, see: Book of Mormon/Authorship theories/Spalding manuscript