Adam Petty is a native of Fort Worth, Texas. He received a BA in history from Brigham Young University and an MA and PhD in history from the University of Alabama. In 2018, he was hired to work on the Joseph Smith Papers and worked on two volumes that covered the last six months of Joseph's life. More recently he has been working on a project focused on a selection of letters that Brigham Young wrote.
Join us for an engaging evening as Adam Petty shares insights from his work on the Joseph Smith Papers and the last six months of Joseph's life.
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