A) The paternal grandfather of Joseph Smith, Asael Smith, died and Joseph Smith Sr. inherited his father’s bible
B) Social and technological changes at the time
C) The local Methodist minister bought a new bible and donated his old bible to the Smith family
D) The Church called Joseph Smith Sr. on a mission and took up a donation to buy him a bible before he left
In 1976, the Missouri legislature rescinded the 1838 extermination order and apologized for associated past actions. In 2004, the state of Illinois in its first draft of a resolution apologized but in the final version issued regrets for the 1846 Mormon expulsion from Illinois.
Leonard, Glen M. Nauvoo: A Place of Peace, a People of Promise. Salt Lake City and Provo, 2002, 351.