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INDEX
Abercrombie, Nancy,
270
Abiff, Hiram,
27
Abolitionism, abolitionists,
41
,
119
Abraham,
52
,
84
,
246
Adam,
7
,
20
,
119
Adams, John,
25
,
250
Adams, John Quincy,
250
Adultery,
94
,
97
,
105
,
117
,
146
,
233
African Americans,
52
Alaska,
33
Alcohol use,
6
,
39
,
46
,
60
Aldrich, Mark,
66
,
70
,
76
,
77
,
175
,
176
,
211
,
214
,
215
,
217
,
222
,
264
Allen, Nathan,
208
Alton Observer
,
119
Anti-Mormon party,
66
,
70
Anti-Polygamy Society,
94
Anti-slavery movement,
41
Apostles,
20
,
31
,
69
,
74
,
83
,
87
,
90
,
104
,
133
,
198
,
232
,
234
,
235
,
239
,
242
,
245
,
252
,
253
See also
Quorum of Twelve Apostles
Babylon,
36
,
241
Backenstos, Jacob,
176
,
207
,
263
,
267–268
Baldwin, Eudocia,
52
,
147
,
178
,
189
Baldwin, William,
57
Banking,
8
,
30
,
36
,
40
,
67
,
244
Bankruptcy,
40
,
47
,
76
,
77
,
138
,
161
,
252
Baptism
of converts,
19
,
79
of the dead,
21
,
25
,
56
,
83
mass,
25
Baptists,
15
,
139
Barnes, Thomas,
185–186
Baum, Jacob,
267
Belnap, Gilbert,
141
Belton, James,
263
Bennett, James Gordon,
32
,
44
,
199
Bennett, John C.,
14
,
102
Bennett, Samuel,
189
Bernhisel, John,
147
Bettisworth, David,
124–125
,
162–163
Bible,
7
,
15
,
19
,
70
Book of Mormon and,
18
,
19
King James version of,
18
New Testament,
7
,
18
,
19
,
20
,
83–84
,
86
,
116
Old Testament,
7
,
18
,
83–85
,
116
,
132–133
,
246
polygamy and,
83–87
,
99
Bidamon, Lewis,
270
,
272–273
Bills, John,
56
Blackstone, William,
120–121
,
165
Blasphemy,
14
,
29
,
97
,
116
,
133
Bloom, Harold,
15
Boggs, Lillburn,
2
,
36–37
,
67
,
81
,
210
,
218
Bogus making,
73–74
,
307
Bonney, Edward,
73–74
Book of Doctrine and Covenants,
19
,
84
,
87
,
98
,
133
,
232
,
244
,
259
,
260
Book of Mormon,
57
,
72
,
79–80
,
83–84
Bible and,
18
,
19
criticism of,
18–19
golden tablets and,
4
,
17–18
,
89
,
272–273
plagiarizing of,
13–14
polygamy and,
86
printing of,
18
,
81
publishing of,
13–14
secret societies and,
26
translation of,
3–4
,
7
,
17–18
,
246
,
272–273
“witnesses” of,
18
as word of God,
21
Book of Revelation,
129
,
131
Book of the Law of the Lord,
246
,
249
Brackenbury, Benjamin,
223–224
,
225
Brewster, James Colin,
243–244
Brewsterism,
244
British Isles,
21
,
55
Brodie, Fawn,
91n
Brotherton, Martha,
48
,
114–115
Brown, Samuel,
206
Brown, Uriah,
33
,
33n
Browning, Orville H.,
76
,
173
,
210–211
,

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