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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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