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Oliver Cowdery calls Joseph's relation with Fanny Alger a "dirty, nasty, filthy scrape/affair."

Date
Jan 21, 1838
Type
Letter
Source
Oliver Cowdery
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

Oliver Cowdery, Letter to Warren A. Cowdery, January 21, 1838, Oliver Cowdery Letterbook

Scribe/Publisher
Warren F. Cowdery
People
Fanny Alger, Warren A. Cowdery, Joseph Smith, Jr., Oliver Cowdery
Audience
Warren A. Cowdery
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Transcription

I did not fail to affirm that what I had said was strictly true A dirty, nasty, filthy scrape affair of his and Fanny Algers was talked over in which I strictly declared that I had never deviated from the truth on the matter, and as I supposed was admitted by himself.

Source Link
https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/oliver-cowdery-letter-to-warren-a-cowdery-olivers-brother-january-21-1838/
BHR Staff Commentary

"Affair" is written over "scrape" in Warren F. Cowdery's handwriting.

This can be parsed out in the picture provided by Mormon Polygamy Documents, JS 1145: https://mormonpolygamydocuments.org/free-documents-index/

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