The “gentle monarch”

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Written six years before he received the 1954 dedication invitation, this letter shows Israel A.’s pastoral side. Biographer Norma Derry Hiles called Israel a “gentle monarch” because of the dignified yet loving way he conducted himself as a leader who could bring the Reorganization together. | Source: Israel A. Smith to Frank S. Hawkins, October 14, 1948. In Israel A. Smith letters (MSS SC 2299), L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. https://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/ltpsc/resources/upb_msssc2299.
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Israel A. Smith to Frank S. Hawkins, October 14, 1948. In Israel A. Smith letters (MSS SC 2299), L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. https://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/ltpsc/resources/upb_msssc2299.
"The “gentle monarch”" appears in: Lucy Mack Smith Hall (HR14)