1842 09 03 American Masonic Register Bennett

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American Masonic Register, 03 Sep 1842

Gen. John C. Bennett, who was Jo Smith's lieutenant, at Nauvoo, has been lecturing in New York, exposing the villanies of Jo, and his Saints. There is no doubt but that Bennett tells the truth about Jo, because his statements are corroborated by other testimony. But Bennett is no Saint. He is the man to whom the Illustrious Chancellor, Dr. Cook, is indebted for some dozen or two Degrees, constituting him DD. LLD. &c. &c. conferred in the Mormon settlements, in one of their distinguished colleges, located in the second story, of a grocery store. We are acquainted with some amusing facts, connected with Bennett and the illustrious Chancellor, which we may dish up some of these days.