Frost falls in the summer, killing the crops, and the Smiths decide to leave Vermont altogether. Joseph, Sr., goes ahead to find new land in New York and then sends for his family. After many problems they make it to Palmyra, Ontario County (now Wayne), N. Y. Palmyra has nearly three thousand people, and Joseph, Sr., works as barrel maker and bricklayer with his sons. Joseph, Jr., works in Martin Harris's fields for fifty cents per day. Lucy Mack Smith paints oilcloth coverings and makes maple syrup, root beer, gingerbread cakes, and boiled eggs to sell.The Smiths move a couple of miles south of Palmyra to a hundred-acre farm in Manchester.
[Source: Conkling, Christopher J., Joseph Smith Chronology]
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