Wesley P. Walters: “Money Digging in New York & Joseph Smith’s 1826 Trial”

Audio archive of a 1976 lecture by Rev. Wesley Walters, the man who first located the documents relating to Joseph Smith’s 1826 arrest for being a ‘glass looker.’ He also pioneered the research on Smith’s claim of a revival in Palmyra in 1820.

1976 lecture flyer (click to view)

Below: details of two important sources of evidence for Joseph Smith’s 1826 arrest as a ‘glass looker’: the bills of Justice Albert Neely and Constable Philip De Zeng, who participated in Smith’s trial. (Found by Rev. Walters while researching Smith’s arrest history)

(click to view)

Neely bill, front (Smith section highlighted)
Neely bill, back (with authenticity notarized)
De Zeng bill, front (Smith section highlighted)
De Zeng bill, back (with authenticity notarized)


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