According to Rough Stone Rolling:
“The Smiths were as susceptible as their neighbors to treasure-seeking folklore. . . . Magical parchments handed down in the Hyrum Smith family may have originally belonged to Joseph Sr. . . . Magic and religion melded in Smith family culture.” (Richard Lyman Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling [New York: Knopf, 2005], 50-51).
