Joseph Smith on Letter Writing

Mr. Sharp, Editor of the Warsaw Signal:

Sir - You will discontinue my paper - its contents are calculated to pollute me, and to patronize the filthy sheet - that tissue of lies - that sink of iniquity - is disgraceful to any mortal man. Yours with utter contempt,

Joseph Smith

P.S. Please publish the above in your contemptible paper.

The Joseph Smith Papers, p xxix