Baltimore Sun reports on Mormon Convention not nominating a presidential candidate after Joseph Smith’s death.

Date
Jul 15, 1844
Type
News (traditional)
Source
Baltimore Sun
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Journalism
Reference

“The Mormon Convention,” The Baltimore Sun, July 15, 1844, newspapers.com

Scribe/Publisher
Baltimore Sun
People
Joseph Smith, Jr., Baltimore Sun
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

THE MORMON CONVENTION.—The Patriot of Saturday learns that a number of Mormons assembled in Baltimore on that day, agreeably to appointment, and decided, on account of the death of their leader, Joe Smith, to make no movement on the Presidential question.

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