[Brigham Young] The President then made some remarks on the book entitles '"Joseph Smith and his Progenitors,'" [by Lucy Mack Smith] requesting those who had copies to let him have them, and receive value for them if they desired it. [Young was unhappy with some of the content of the book and sought to prevent its circulation]
[Source: Deseret News, quoted in The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009), http://bit.ly/BY-discourses]
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