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Joseph Smith affidavit

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1021
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and signed statement. Smith stated that he was "elected Sole Trustee" of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for life. The item was notarized in Nauvoo, Illinois, for Hancock County.

Dates: 1841
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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