Excerpt from Mormonism Unveiled, or the Life and Confessions of the Late Mormon Bishop, John D. Lee; (Written by Himself): Embracing a History of Mormonism From Its Inception Down to the Present Time, With an Exposition of the Secret History, Signs, Symbols and Crimes in the Mormon Church Lee wrote his Life and Confessions in prison, after his sen tence to death, and subsequent to his execution his manuscripts were copied and prepared for publication by Mr. Bishop. They were at no time out of his possession or from under his imme diate control, until they were delivered to the express company on the 17th day of May, 1877, to be forwarded to us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.