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Audio: Healing the rift -- Brigham Young and Emma Smith

By Michael De Groote

Mormon Times

Thursday, Jun. 25, 2009

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In this exclusive audio interview, Mary Ellen Elggren and Michael Kennedy talk about what led the Brigham Young Family Association to come to Nauvoo and present a "healing document" to the Joseph Smith Jr. Family Organization.

This audio interview is another look at the story: Healing the rift -- Brigham Young and Emma Smith. It took place on June 22, 2009.

Michael Kennedy, president of the Joseph Smith Jr. Family Organization, poses for a portrait in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in downtown Salt Lake City. Kennedy is a descendant of Joseph and Emma Smith. Photograph by Kristin Murphy, Deseret News

E-mail: mdegroote@desnews.com

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