Joseph Smith, Captain Kidd Lore, and Treasure-Seeking in New York and New England during the Early Republic
March 15, 2018[…] the northeast.Huggins concluded that “Smith must have learned of the [treasure-guardian] motif while helping his father dig for Kidd’s treasure and while studying Kidd’s life and lore as a boy.” Some Latter-day Saint scholars, however, […]
