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I am tired of the misrepresentation, calumny and detraction, heaped upon me by wicked men and desire and claim, only those principles guaranteed to all men by the Constitution and laws of the United States and of Illinois.

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Joseph Smith, Jr.
Age: 38 †
Born: 1805
Born: December 23
Died: 1844
Died: June 27
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