The Joseph Smith Papers

The authoritative source for the writings, teachings, and records of Joseph Smith

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Doctrine and Covenants Study Resources

The Joseph Smith Papers includes a wealth of information that can enhance your study of Joseph Smith’s revelations and the other texts in the Doctrine and Covenants

Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision

Read all of the accounts of the First Vision written by Joseph Smith and his contemporaries during his lifetime

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From The First Vision to the Road to Carthage, deepen your understanding of key events in the life of Joseph Smith

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Legal Case Introductions

Legal Records: Case Introductions is a recently published ebook explaining and contextualizing Joseph Smith’s involvement with the law. It features some two hundred legal cases he participated in from 1819 to 1844 as a plaintiff/complainant, defendant, witness, or judge.

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New Content on the Joseph Smith Papers Website

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The Joseph Smith Papers is pleased to announce its latest web publication. This release features the entirety of Documents, Volume 14: 1 January–15 May 1844, including all annotation and introductions, as well as related documents and additional versions of documents from the time period. It also includes about forty Nauvoo Legion documents, two documents regarding taxes in Nauvoo, Illinois, for 1841, approximately eighty receipts from the trustee-in-trust records, and fifty additional versions of documents from 1835 to 1844. New and updated entries in the biographical directory, geographical directory, and calendar of documents are part of the release as well.

Podcasts

The First Vision: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast

The Priesthood Restored: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast

The Nauvoo Temple: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast

Kirtland, City of Revelation: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast

Road to Carthage: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast

About the Joseph Smith Papers Project

Joseph Smith (1805–1844) was the founding prophet and first president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Joseph Smith Papers Project is an effort to transcribe, contextualize, and publish all his writings and teachings, including revelations, translations, letters, discourses, journals, histories, and legal and financial records.

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Published Volumes

The Joseph Smith Papers will consist of twenty-seven volumes, divided into five series: Documents, Journals, Revelations and Translations, Histories, and Administrative Records; two additional series, the Legal Records series and the Financial Records series, will be published online.

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