1819 COCHRANE DELUSION. Trial of Radical Baptist Sectarian Accused of Polygamist Teaching & Practice. Abolition Andrew's Holborn

Andrew's Holborn

an inscription on the blank ffep from 1808

By the time Wesley arrived in Winchester to preach in 1765

[Preached West Point

1819 COCHRANE DELUSION. Trial of Radical Baptist Sectarian Accused of Polygamist Teaching & Practice. Abolition Andrew's HolbornA very scarce little work indeed, with no other copies on the market. Fascinating piece of history, and often noted as the first significant group advocating polygamy in America, predating Joseph Smith and the Mormon Latter Day Saints. Some Latter Day Saints argue that it was not Joseph Smith, but Cochranites who introduced early Mormons to polygamy and that Smith himself never taught the doctrine. What was often termed "The Cochrane Delusion" arose