Lincoln and the Mormons

[Linda Anderson]

(06-29-2014 08:34 AM)HerbS Wrote:  Joesph Smith started his religion in Palmyra,NY.This about 15 min from my house.My next door neighbors are of this religion.About 2yrs ago Christine, e-mailed me"that she found possible evidence"that Seward sent Aiken a letter asking him to go to Utah and watch out for the Mormons as they are strange.Then she asked to verify this letter in The Seward Collection at the U of Rochester Library.I did so,and sure enough it was there!-Herb

"The Seward home was built in 1816-1817 in the Federal style, one of the first brick houses in Auburn, by Elijah Miller, Frances Seward's father. One of the workman was sixteen-year-old Brigham Young, later a leader of the Mormon Church."

http://www.cayugacounty.us/portals/0/his...PDF/5f.pdf

Here is a photo of "the fireplace woodwork carved by Brigham Young" from The Seward House by the Foundation Historical Association, Auburn, N.Y.

https://archive.org/stream/sewardhouse00...gham+young