160 years ago today - Feb 4, 1854

Lucy Mack Smith writes to Orson Pratt concerning her manuscript of the early history of Joseph Smith: "I have studied over the matter and have finally concluded that you may make use of [the manuscript] in any way you see proper." The permission was, evidently, retroactive since Pratt had published the book the previous year.

[Source: http://www.advent-adam.com/jakestand.html (cached, based on http://amzn.to/extensions-power)]

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