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Emma Became Press Target after Joseph’s Death

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Emma Became Press Target after Joseph’s Death

SALT LAKE CITY — In the aftermath of the martyrdom of Mormonism’s founder Joseph Smith on June 27, 1844, his widow Emma vociferously denied spurious press reports that she was renouncing the religion he led. But the intermingling of Joseph’s personal and church obligations resulted in tension between Emma and the surviving leadership of The […]

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