Mormonism and violence
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The history of the Latter Day Saint movement, founded in 1830 in upstate New York by Joseph Smith, includes numerous instances of violence.
Illustration of a mob tarring and feathering Joseph Smith.
This one page Plat written in June 1833 by Joseph Smith defines a comprehensive multiple city plan.
Destruction of the printing press, by C.C.A Christensen
1859 depiction of the unburied corpses in the aftermath of the Mountain Meadows massacre.
Joseph Smith
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Joseph Smith Jr. was an American religious and political leader and the founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. Publishing the Book of Mormon at the age of 24, Smith attracted tens of
Portrait attributed to William Warner Major, c. 1842
Night-time treasure digs were a common practice in New England, as shown in "The Money Diggers" (1832) by artist John Quidor.
Joseph's older brother Alvin died in 1823.
Smith dictated most of the Book of Mormon by looking into a seer stone placed in a stovepipe hat.