Sample of Joseph's private language from 1840 (a holographic letter).
- Type
- Letter
- Hearsay
- Holograph
- Reference
Joseph Smith, Letter to Newel K. Whitney, December 12, 1840, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed August 18, 2023
- Transcription
Nauvoo Dec. 12th 1840
Brother Whitney
Dear Sir
I am at work in my office am under the necesity to have some help from time to time to help me along in my calling I therefore desire you to let the bearer of this hav[e] <some> of that dry wood to burn in the stove of my office and obliege
your hum[b]le servent
Joseph Smith
- Source Link
- https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-newel-k-whitney-12-december-1840/1
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