The Death of Joseph Smith Revisited

The Death of Joseph Smith from a Formby, Tasmania The North West Post News Article c. 1844

From the National Library of Australia

The death of the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported as a pneumonia rather than gunshot wounds and a nasty fall.

This rare article reads as follows:

THE MORMON LEADER. DEATH OF JOSEPH SMITH. SALT LAKE CITY. Nov. 8. Joseph Smith, who for thirty years was the head of the Mormons, has died after a three days’ illness. The cause of death was; pneumonia. He was once the principal partner with Harris, and was one of the ten richest men in America.

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