Lucy's Book: Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir

by Anderson, Lavina Fielding

• ISBN13: 9781560851370
• ISBN10: 1560851376
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Signature Books

Summary

In 1844, mourning the deaths of five children and the murders of two more, the widowed Lucy Mack Smith dictated a life story filled with tragedy but supported by a strong conviction of God's providence. She was, at the time, nearly seventy years old. This current, definitive edition provides the full rough draft of Lucy's history for the first time. For comparison, the text of the first published version is included side by side, with all variants from the six later editions in footnotes.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	1	(1)
Foreword: Lucy Mack Smith--First Mormon Mother	2	(9)
Irene M. Bates
Editor's Introduction: The Domestic Spirituality of Lucy Mack Smith	11	(55)
The Textual History of Lucy's Book	66	(101)
Chronology	167	(54)
The History of Joseph Smith
Lucy Mack Smith
PART 1. THE MACK FAMILY
Solomon Mack, the Father of Lucy Mack--Extract from His Narrative	221	(9)
History of Jason Mack	230	(6)
Lovisa and Lovina Mack	236	(11)
Life of Stephen Mack	247	(4)
Lydia Mack, Third Daughter of Solomon Mack	251	(1)
Daniel Mack---He Rescues Three Men from a Watery Grave	252	(2)
Solomon Mack	254	(1)
Early Life of Lucy Mack---Her Marriage with Joseph Smith	255	(4)
Seven Generations of the Smith Family---Four Generations of the Mack Family	259	(16)
PART 2. THE PRE-MORMON YEARS
A Present of One Thousand Dollars, from John Mudget and Stephen Mack, to the Author	275	(1)
Sickness in Randolph	276	(5)
Joseph Smith, Senior, Loses His Property and Becomes Poor---Receives a Visit from Jason Mack---The History of the Latter Concluded	281	(10)
The Author's Dream	291	(3)
First Vision of Joseph Smith, Senior,---The Box-Second Vision---The Tree and the Spacious Building	294	(5)
Sickness at Lebanon---Sophronia's Miraculous Recovery	299	(4)
The Sufferings of Joseph Smith, Junior, with a Fever Sore---Extraction of Large Fragments of Bone from One of His Legs	303	(7)
Joseph Smith, Senior, Removes to Norwich, Thence to Palmyra---His Dream of the Images---of the Judgment	310	(19)
PART 3. THE NEW YORK YEARS
History of Joseph the Prophet Commences---Seventh Vision of Joseph Smith, Senior	329	(10)
The Angel Visits Joseph Again---Joseph Tells his Father What He Has Seen and Heard---He Is Permitted to Behold the Plates---Receives Further Instructions---Communicates the Same to the Family---Takes the Plates into his Hands---They Are Taken from Him, and He Is Reproved---His Disappointment	339	(11)
Alvin's Sickness and Death	350	(6)
Religious Excitement Joseph's Prophecy-He Works for Mr. Stoal---Becomes Acquainted with Emma Hale	356	(7)
Joseph Smith, Sen., Loses His Farm---Joseph, Jun., Is Married---Has Another Interview with the Angel, by Whom He Is Chastised---Receives Further Instructions	363	(13)
Joseph Obtains the Plates	376	(13)
Joseph Brings Home the Breast-Plate---Martin Harris and His Wife Introduced---The Translation Commences---Mrs. Harris Begins to Oppose the Work	389	(18)
Martin Harris Is Permitted to Take the Manuscript Home with Him---He Loses It---The Season of Mourning Which Ensued	407	(13)
Martin Harris's Perfidy	420	(3)
The Urim and Thummim Are Taken from Joseph-He Receives Them Again	423	(8)
Oliver Cowdery Commences Writing for Joseph-They Attend to the Ordinance of Baptism	431	(9)
Mrs. Harris Prosecutes Joseph	440	(6)
Joseph and Oliver Remove to Waterloo---They Finish the Translation	446	(5)
The Plates Are Shown to Twelve Witnesses---Joseph Makes Arrangements for Printing the Book of Mormon	451	(9)
The Printing Is Begun---A Meeting of the Citizens Held in Reference to the Book	460	(10)
Esquire Cole's Dogberry Paper---Second Meeting of the Citizens	470	(7)
The Church Organized	477	(4)
Joseph Smith, Senior, and Don Carlos, Visit Stockholm	481	(7)
Joseph Smith, Senior, Imprisoned---An Attempt to Take Hyrum	488	(9)
The Family of Joseph Smith, Senior, Remove to Waterloo	497	(5)
The First Western Mission Joseph Smith, Junior, Moves to Kirtland	502	(9)
PART 4. THE KIRTLAND YEARS
The Different Branches of the Church Remove to Kirtland---Miracle at Buffalo	511	(29)
Samuel Smith's First Mission to Missouri	540	(4)
Lucy Smith Visits Detroit	544	(14)
An Extract from the History of Joseph the Prophet---Sidney Rigdon's Transgression---Trouble in Jackson County	558	(13)
Lucy Smith Builds a School-house---Joseph and Hyrum Return from Missouri---They Rehearse the History of Their Trouble	571	(9)
The Lord's House at Kirtland Commenced---A Letter from the Prophet to His Uncle Silas	580	(13)
The House of the Lord Completed-A Division in the Church	593	(11)
Joseph Smith, Senior, and His Brother John, Go on a Mission to the East-The Death of Jerusha Smith	604	(9)
The Persecution Revives---Don Carlos and His Father Fly from Their Enemies---Joseph Moves to Missouri	613	(12)
PART 5. THE MISSOURI EXPERIENCE
Joseph Smith, Senior, Moves with His Family to Missouri---Commencement of the Persecution in Caldwell	625	(16)
Testimony of Hyrum Smith	641	(28)
Removal of the Smith Family to Illinois	669	(22)
PART 6. THE NAUVOO YEARS
Joseph and Hyrum Escape from Their Persecutors, and Return to Their Families	691	(9)
A Purchase Made in the Town of Commerce---Joseph the Prophet Goes to Washington---The Death of Joseph Smith, Senior	700	(26)
Joseph Arrested at Quincy---Discharged at Monmouth-Joseph Charged with an Attempt to Assassinate ex-Governor Boggs	726	(8)
Joseph and Hyrum Assassinated	734	(45)
APPENDIX
A Journal Kept by Don C. Smith while on a Mission with George A. Smith, His Cousin	753	(9)
Letters of Don C. Smith to His Wife, Agnes	762	(5)
Elegy on the Death of Joseph Smith, Senior, the Patriarch	767	(2)
Eliza R. Snow
Lines on the Death of Don Carlos Smith	769	(2)
Eliza R. Snow
Lines Written on the Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith	771	(3)
Eliza R. Snow
Miscellaneous Papers	774	(5)
Epilogue: Lucy's Last Years	779	(19)
Biographical Summaries of Named Individuals	798	(95)
Bibliography	893	(17)
Index	910