Manchester, Nov. 3d, 1833.
We, the undersigned, being personally acquainted with the family of Joseph Smith, sen. with whom the celebrated Gold Bible, so called, originated, state: that they were not only a lazy, indolent set of men, but also intemperate; and their word was not to be depended upon; and that we are truly glad to dispense with their society.
Pardon Butts, Warden A. Reed, Hiram Smith, Alfred Stafford, James Gee, Abel Chase, A. H. Wentworth, Moses C. Smith, Joseph Fish, Horace N. Barnes, Silvester Worden.