The Wentworth Letter
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The Wentworth letter was a letter written in 1842 by Latter Day Saint founder Joseph Smith, Jr. to "Long" John Wentworth, editor of the Chicago Democrat. It outlined the history of the Latter Day Saint movement up to that point, and included Mormonism's Articles of Faith.
The letter was written in response to Wentworth's inquiry on behalf of one of his friends who was writing a history of New Hampshire. The letter was first published on March 1, 1842 in the Times and Seasons in Nauvoo, Illinois.
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External links
- The original letter as recorded by the LDS church (http://www.lds.org/newsroom/showpackage/0,15367,3899-1--44-5-127,00.html)