Flashcard sets with a 'joseph smith' term meaning 'founder of mormonism. publisher of the book of mormon. claimed to have transcribed it from golden plates that had lain undisturbed in a nearby hillside for more than 1,000 years and he was directed there by the angel moroni. founded the city of nauvoo, illinois—self-sufficient religious community. polygamist. became increasingly eccentric and was murdered.'

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