Deleting Hyrum Smith: Revisited

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I’ve looked into the reasons that the editors of the Joseph Smith Papers gave for deleting Hyrum Smith’s anti-polygamy speech, and they don’t seem to add up. Were they mistaken? Are they lying? Check it out and let me know what you think.

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Thomas Bullock account of Hyrum’s 8 April speech: https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/daa151c4-7bae-49d0-8cef-d281a70f1d32/0/32
Thomas Bullock’s account of the rest of the 6-8 April conference: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/minutes-and-discourses-6-8-april-1844-as-reported-by-thomas-bullock/1

Willard Richards account of Hyrum’s 8 April speech: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-december-1842-june-1844-book-4-1-march-22-june-1844/78
Wilford Woodruff’s account of Hyrum’s 8 April speech: https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/09e6d1b1-cd59-41d4-bc46-e3d74899ceac/0/254

Joseph saying he will correct Adams if necessary: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/minutes-and-discourses-6-8-april-1844-as-reported-by-thomas-bullock/25
Hyrum’s speech deleted from LDS church history: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1838-1856-volume-e-1-1-july-1843-30-april-1844/356

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