'Mormon Land': 3 reasons why the daguerreotype might be Joseph Smith, not Hyrum

As a Latter-day Saint artist, Joseph Brickey had painted church founder Joseph Smith dozens of times. So he was naturally ...

Key takeaways from 2 researchers’ 8-hour defense of a possible Joseph Smith photo

After 25 years of research, Patrick Bishop and Joseph Brickey say a daguerreotype in a gold locket is a “forensic match” to ...

Latest from Mormon Land: What Joseph Smith didn’t like about the Constitution

The Mormon Land newsletter is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly highlight reel of news in and about The Church of Jesus Christ ...

Latter-day Saint defense of religious freedom goes back to the beginning

Even after being driven from their homes, Joseph Smith and other early leaders insisted on protecting religious liberty for ...
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Fact Check: Posts Claim Latter-day Saints Founder Joseph Smith Was 1st US Presidential Candidate Assassinated. Here's What We Found

Smith was not on the national ballot, nor was he endorsed by either major political party at the time, the Whigs or the Democrats. A 2008 congressional report recording "Direct Assaults Against ...