“Our object is to unvail the deceptions, and impositions, which are now practiced by the leaders of a sect which are called Mormons, or, as they have recently christened themselves, "Latter-Day Saints;" and so place the Book, or Golden Bible, as it has been called, before the public, as to prevent any further deception.” — Eber D. Howe1
Eber Dudley Howe, born on June 9, 1798, was a critic of the early Church. Howe's early career was diverse; he enlisted with the New York Volunteers during the War of 1812 and subsequently worked for several newspapers, including the Buffalo Gazette and the Erie Gazette. In 1819, he co-founded and published the Cleveland Herald, and in 1822, he moved to Painesville, Ohio, where he founded the Painesville Telegraph. His newspaper reflected his strong abolitionist stance, and his home was a station on the Underground Railroad.2
Howe vehemently opposed the Church. From 1831 to 1835, he published anti-Mormon articles in the Painesville Telegraph, and in 1834, he wrote the book Mormonism Unvailed, partnering with Doctor Philastus Hurlbut.2
