185 years ago today - Dec 31, 1831

"One of the party'spoke of a person in Ohio'who had a wonderful facility in finding the spots where money was hid, and how he could dream of the very spots where it was to be found. ' Away they went'to gain his money to pay the expense of bringing the money dreamer from Ohio."

[Source: "Mormonism," Rochester Daily Advertiser, (Rochester, NY), 31 December 1831, as quoted in A Topical Guide of Treasure-Seeking Rituals From the American Northeast during the 18th and 19th Centuries, Compiled by Joseph T. Antley (2010)]

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