(MORMONS) Bennett John Cook The History of the Saints; or An

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(MORMONS.) Bennett, John Cook. The History of the Saints; or, An Exposé of Joe Smith and Mormonism. 2 plates, 4 full-page illustrations including a plan of Nauvoo. ii, 344 pages plus final blank leaf. 12mo, publisher's cloth, title stamped in gilt on front board, rebacked with most of original backstrip laid down; a few early marginal marks; early owner's signature on title page. Boston, 1842

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first edition. Bennett was briefly an important leader of the Latter Day Saint movement, serving as mayor of Nauvoo and general of the Nauvoo Legion until his excommunication in early 1842. By the end of that year, this bitter exposé was on the market. After the 1844 death of Joseph Smith, Bennett joined the Strangite branch of the Mormons, but was excommunicated from them in turn in 1847. Flake 403; Howes B358 ("aa"); Sabin 4733.