Sample of private language used by Joseph in April 1842 from letter to John E. Page.

Date: Apr 9, 1842
Type: Letter
Source: Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay: Direct
Reference: Joseph Smith, Letter to John E. Page, April 9, 1842, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed August 23, 2023
Scribe/Publisher: David S. Hollister
People: Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience: John Edward Page
Transcription: Nauvoo April 9. 184[2]
Dear Brother
Inasmuch as You have be[e]n Solicited to visit the town of Hanibal Mo. and the City of Alton Ill, on Your contemplated Mission to Pittsburgh, You are required so to do, Spending as mutch time in each as to you may deem Judicious.
Joseph Smith
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