When was it published?

November 4, 1835 in The Rhode Island Republican

Domestic News November 4, 1835

The Rhode Island Republican

Q: What keywords are associated?

Mormon Temple, Kirtland, Joe Smith, Rigdon, Geauga County

Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island

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What is this article about?

Description of the Mormon Temple in Kirtland, Geauga County: a stone building 58x78 feet with extra 8 inches per divine instruction, built expensively by poor followers of Joe Smith and Rigdon.

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Mormons. A correspondent of the 'Miami of the Lake' gives a short description of the Temple of Mormon, or, as it is called the 'Temple of the Lord,' in Kirtland, (eleven miles south-east of Painsville,) Geauga county. It is a stone edifice, 58 feet 8 inches, by 78 feet 8 inches, two full stories high, with dormer windows in the roof, which give it a singular appearance. For the size and peculiar construction of the Temple, and the extra 8 inches each way, the leaders of this infatuated people give no other reason, but, as they tell their followers, that the Lord gave the direction. The house is rather an expensive one, the writer adds, built by the poor people, who in their delusion, follow Joe Smith and Rigdon.

What sub-type of article is it?

Religious Event

What keywords are associated?

Mormon Temple Kirtland Joe Smith Rigdon Geauga County

What entities or persons were involved?

Joe Smith Rigdon

Where did it happen?

Kirtland, (Eleven Miles South East Of Painsville,) Geauga County

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Primary Location

Kirtland, (Eleven Miles South East Of Painsville,) Geauga County

Key Persons

Joe Smith Rigdon

Event Details

A correspondent of the 'Miami of the Lake' gives a short description of the Temple of Mormon, or, as it is called the 'Temple of the Lord,' in Kirtland. It is a stone edifice, 58 feet 8 inches, by 78 feet 8 inches, two full stories high, with dormer windows in the roof, which give it a singular appearance. For the size and peculiar construction of the Temple, and the extra 8 inches each way, the leaders of this infatuated people give no other reason, but, as they tell their followers, that the Lord gave the direction. The house is rather an expensive one, built by the poor people, who in their delusion, follow Joe Smith and Rigdon.