Comments on: James J. Strang to John Taylor and Orson Hyde, with Reply, 1846

By: The Other Clark

The Other Clark — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:53:27 +0000

1846 would have been an interesting year to be a Mormon. Obviously, neither Taylor nor Hyde bothered to have their reply vetted by the Church legal and public affairs departments.

By: J. Stapley

J. Stapley — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:59:31 +0000

“Yours respectfully,”

Tee hee!

By: Steve C.

Steve C. — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:55:54 +0000

Cool stuff! I find the splinter groups interesting.

By: Steve Fleming

Steve Fleming — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:17:08 +0000

Gibson was only with Strang a short time and then was back with the Twelve and moved to Utah.

By: Bruce Crow

Bruce Crow — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:46:01 +0000

I’m guessing from the leter that Hyde and Taylor were, at the time, in Philadelphia. There is so much I don’t know about Church history.

By: Steve Evans

Steve Evans — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:21:02 +0000

Great stuff. James Strang made no bones about his authority. The Strangite website to this day has the same sort of really assured tone… while the LDS site is perhaps not as strident as Orson and JT were…

By: Researcher

Researcher — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:02:42 +0000

Thanks, Mark B. I was wondering where Dock Street was. That’s just a short walk to Independence Hall and to the Unitarian Meetinghouse where Joseph Smith preached to thousands of people in 1840 (now Congregation Kesher Israel) and about a 40 minute walk or 10 minute drive to the site of the future Philadelphia Temple.

Branches of the church met in the 1840s and 1850s in Philadelphia in rented halls at Seventh and Callowhill and at Third and Willow Streets. The church has a long history in Philadephia, as was mentioned several weeks ago by Elder Robert Smith at the groundbreaking ceremony for the temple.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:24:34 +0000

Well, that attempt at a link didn’t turn out as badly as I’d feared–give it time and the photograph will come into focus. It appears that the building there is a Living History Center (in contrast to the dead history that the rest of us spend our time with). Maybe the ghost of Jacob Gibson hangs out there, and with luck even James J. Strang’s shade will make an appearance from time to time.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:10:06 +0000

Smackdown! Here, by the way, is a map showing Dock Street winding its way from the south-east to its terminus at 3rd Street. Compare that to a modern map of Philadelphia, and you'll see that Dock Street no longer runs all the way to 3rd (now South 3rd Street)--it has become a pedestrian walkway. But here's the corner where that house of Jacob Gibson sat in 1846: View Larger Map

By: David Y.

David Y. — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:01:17 +0000

Wow, a comparison to Lucifer in the very first line! No pussy footing around here.