[Joseph Smith Diary] [At] night we tryed three times to git keept in the name of Deciples and could not be keept. After night we found a man who would keep us for mon[e]y. Thus we see that there /is/ more place for mon[e]y than for Jesus' /Deciples or/ the Lamb of God. The name of the man is Wilson Rauben Wilson Reuben Wilson that would not keep us without mon[e]y &c. /[He] lived in China/ [Genesee County, New York]
[Source: Faulring, Scott (ed.), An American Prophet's Record: The Diaries and Journals of Joseph Smith: Joseph Smith Diary, 1832-34, http://amzn.to/jsdiaries]
Faulring, p.24. Thursday Mar.20th,1834. Also included in HC 2:45.
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