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The Gold Plates and the Translation of the Book of Mormon
According to Joseph Smith’s later accounts, three years after he experienced his first vision of Deity, an angel appeared to him in 1823 and told him of an ancient record written on gold plates. He explained that he retrieved the plates from a hillside in upstate New York in 1827 and thereafter translated them with help from several scribes. In 1830, the translation was published as the Book of Mormon.
Over the course of his life, Joseph Smith wrote, dictated, or assigned others to prepare documents that included information about how the Book of Mormon came to be. Some of his contemporaries who heard him recount these events also wrote them down. The following list identifies detailed accounts of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and other related documents found on the Joseph Smith Papers website. The list is divided into three categories: detailed accounts from Joseph Smith, other Joseph Smith documents that give partial accounts of or mention these events, and accounts written by his contemporaries.
For further discussion on the Book of Mormon and the translation process, see the “Joseph Smith Documents Dating through June 1831.” For a compilation of accounts on the coming forth of the Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith and his contemporaries, see John W. Welch, “The Miraculous Translation of the Book of Mormon,” in Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820–1844, (Second Edition), ed. John W. Welch (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2017), 78–227.
Detailed Joseph Smith Accounts
Journal, 9–11 Nov. 1835 (later copied into JS History, 1834–1836, 121–122)
An earlier, incomplete draft of this account is found in History, circa June–October 1839, [1]–[7], [9].
Two later, lightly edited drafts of this account are found in History, circa 1841, draft, 5–48, 61–62; and History, circa 1841, fair copy, 5–48, 60–61.
“Church History,” Times and Seasons, 1 Mar. 1842 (also found in the 1844 essay “Latter Day Saints,” in Israel Daniel Rupp (ed.), He Pasa Ekklesia [The whole church])
Detailed Accounts by Contemporaries of Joseph Smith
Oliver Cowdery letters published in the Messenger and Advocate, Oct. 1834–July 1835, copied in Joseph Smith’s 1834–1836 history, 47–48 (recounting Cowdery’s experience assisting with the translation), 62–65 (recounting the angel’s visit), 81–99 (detailing the discovery of the plates).
Orson Pratt, A[n] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, 6–14, 22–23, providing an overview of the Book of Mormon’s origins.
Orson Hyde, Ein Ruf aus der Wüste [A cry out of the wilderness], 17–30 (modern English translation here), providing an overview of the Book of Mormon’s origins.
Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, providing many details about these events: bk. 3, [10]–bk. 4, [3]; bk. 5, [5]–bk. 9, [4]; bk. 9, [6]–[12]
A later draft of this material is found in Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845, 79–89, 103–168
Revelation, July 1828 [D&C 3], regarding the lost manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon.
Revelation, Spring 1829 [D&C 10], regarding the lost manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon.
Revelation, March 1829 [D&C 5], regarding witnesses of the gold plates.
Revelation, April 1829–D [D&C 9], regarding Oliver Cowdery’s attempt to translate.
Book of Mormon, 1830 ed., 110, 548 [2 Nephi 27:12; Ether 5:2–4], including prophecies of three witnesses to the gold plates.
Preface to the Book of Mormon, 1830 ed., regarding the lost manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon (also found in the printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon).
Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830 [D&C 20:5–12], providing a brief summary of the angel’s visit and the origin of the Book of Mormon.
Minutes, 25–26 October 1831, reporting a meeting at which Joseph Smith was invited (but declined) to give details about the events.
Revelation, 1 November 1831–B [D&C 1:29], mentioning that Joseph Smith received power to translate the Book of Mormon “by the mercy of God.”
Letter to Noah C. Saxton, 4 January 1833, mentioning the divine origin of the Book of Mormon.
Minutes, 12 February 1834, reporting a meeting at which Joseph Smith related his obtaining and translating the plates.
Minutes and Discourse, 21 April 1834, reporting a meeting at which Joseph Smith related his obtaining and translating the plates.
Journal, 14 Nov. 1835 (later copied into JS History, 1834–1836, 129), reporting that Joseph Smith told Erastus Holmes about angelic visitations and the origin of the Book of Mormon.
Elders’ Journal, July 1838, 42–43, describing the angel’s visit and Joseph Smith’s discovery and translation of the plates.
John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 11–14, written as part of a history initiated at Joseph Smith’s assignment but ultimately published independently, providing an overview of the Book of Mormon’s origins.
Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 13 November 1843, mentioning that Joseph Smith “communed with angels” and translated the Book of Mormon “by the power of God . . . from hierogliphics.”
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The Gold Plates and the Translation of the Book of Mormon
According to Joseph Smith’s later accounts, three years after he experienced his first vision of Deity, an angel appeared to him in 1823 and told him of an ancient record written on gold plates. He explained that he retrieved the plates from a hillside in upstate New York in 1827 and thereafter translated them with help from several scribes. In 1830, the translation was published as the Book of Mormon.
Over the course of his life, Joseph Smith wrote, dictated, or assigned others to prepare documents that included information about how the Book of Mormon came to be. Some of his contemporaries who heard him recount these events also wrote them down. The following list identifies detailed accounts of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and other related documents found on the Joseph Smith Papers website. The list is divided into three categories: detailed accounts from Joseph Smith, other Joseph Smith documents that give partial accounts of or mention these events, and accounts written by his contemporaries.
For further discussion on the Book of Mormon and the translation process, see the “Joseph Smith Documents Dating through June 1831.” For a compilation of accounts on the coming forth of the Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith and his contemporaries, see John W. Welch, “The Miraculous Translation of the Book of Mormon,” in Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820–1844, (Second Edition), ed. John W. Welch (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2017), 78–227.
Detailed Joseph Smith Accounts
Journal, 9–11 Nov. 1835 (later copied into JS History, 1834–1836, 121–122)
An earlier, incomplete draft of this account is found in History, circa June–October 1839, [1]–[7], [9].
Two later, lightly edited drafts of this account are found in History, circa 1841, draft, 5–48, 61–62; and History, circa 1841, fair copy, 5–48, 60–61.
“Church History,” Times and Seasons, 1 Mar. 1842 (also found in the 1844 essay “Latter Day Saints,” in Israel Daniel Rupp (ed.), He Pasa Ekklesia [The whole church])
Detailed Accounts by Contemporaries of Joseph Smith
Oliver Cowdery letters published in the Messenger and Advocate, Oct. 1834–July 1835, copied in Joseph Smith’s 1834–1836 history, 47–48 (recounting Cowdery’s experience assisting with the translation), 62–65 (recounting the angel’s visit), 81–99 (detailing the discovery of the plates).
Orson Pratt, A[n] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, 6–14, 22–23, providing an overview of the Book of Mormon’s origins.
Orson Hyde, Ein Ruf aus der Wüste [A cry out of the wilderness], 17–30 (modern English translation here), providing an overview of the Book of Mormon’s origins.
Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, providing many details about these events: bk. 3, [10]–bk. 4, [3]; bk. 5, [5]–bk. 9, [4]; bk. 9, [6]–[12]
A later draft of this material is found in Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845, 79–89, 103–168
Revelation, July 1828 [D&C 3], regarding the lost manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon.
Revelation, Spring 1829 [D&C 10], regarding the lost manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon.
Revelation, March 1829 [D&C 5], regarding witnesses of the gold plates.
Revelation, April 1829–D [D&C 9], regarding Oliver Cowdery’s attempt to translate.
Book of Mormon, 1830 ed., 110, 548 [2 Nephi 27:12; Ether 5:2–4], including prophecies of three witnesses to the gold plates.
Preface to the Book of Mormon, 1830 ed., regarding the lost manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon (also found in the printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon).
Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830 [D&C 20:5–12], providing a brief summary of the angel’s visit and the origin of the Book of Mormon.
Minutes, 25–26 October 1831, reporting a meeting at which Joseph Smith was invited (but declined) to give details about the events.
Revelation, 1 November 1831–B [D&C 1:29], mentioning that Joseph Smith received power to translate the Book of Mormon “by the mercy of God.”
Letter to Noah C. Saxton, 4 January 1833, mentioning the divine origin of the Book of Mormon.
Minutes, 12 February 1834, reporting a meeting at which Joseph Smith related his obtaining and translating the plates.
Minutes and Discourse, 21 April 1834, reporting a meeting at which Joseph Smith related his obtaining and translating the plates.
Journal, 14 Nov. 1835 (later copied into JS History, 1834–1836, 129), reporting that Joseph Smith told Erastus Holmes about angelic visitations and the origin of the Book of Mormon.
Elders’ Journal, July 1838, 42–43, describing the angel’s visit and Joseph Smith’s discovery and translation of the plates.
John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 11–14, written as part of a history initiated at Joseph Smith’s assignment but ultimately published independently, providing an overview of the Book of Mormon’s origins.
Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 13 November 1843, mentioning that Joseph Smith “communed with angels” and translated the Book of Mormon “by the power of God . . . from hierogliphics.”
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Mormon’s Book: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast (forthcoming)
Glossary Entries
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Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
The Gold Plates and the Translation of the Book of Mormon
According to Joseph Smith’s later accounts, three years after he experienced his first vision of Deity, an angel appeared to him in 1823 and told him of an ancient record written on gold plates. He explained that he retrieved the plates from a hillside in upstate New York in 1827 and thereafter translated them with help from several scribes. In 1830, the translation was published as the Book of Mormon.
Over the course of his life, Joseph Smith wrote, dictated, or assigned others to prepare documents that included information about how the Book of Mormon came to be. Some of his contemporaries who heard him recount these events also wrote them down. The following list identifies detailed accounts of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and other related documents found on the Joseph Smith Papers website. The list is divided into three categories: detailed accounts from Joseph Smith, other Joseph Smith documents that give partial accounts of or mention these events, and accounts written by his contemporaries.
For further discussion on the Book of Mormon and the translation process, see the “Joseph Smith Documents Dating through June 1831.” For a compilation of accounts on the coming forth of the Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith and his contemporaries, see John W. Welch, “The Miraculous Translation of the Book of Mormon,” in Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820–1844, (Second Edition), ed. John W. Welch (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2017), 78–227.
Detailed Joseph Smith Accounts
Journal, 9–11 Nov. 1835 (later copied into JS History, 1834–1836, 121–122)
An earlier, incomplete draft of this account is found in History, circa June–October 1839, [1]–[7], [9].
Two later, lightly edited drafts of this account are found in History, circa 1841, draft, 5–48, 61–62; and History, circa 1841, fair copy, 5–48, 60–61.
“Church History,” Times and Seasons, 1 Mar. 1842 (also found in the 1844 essay “Latter Day Saints,” in Israel Daniel Rupp (ed.), He Pasa Ekklesia [The whole church])
Detailed Accounts by Contemporaries of Joseph Smith
Oliver Cowdery letters published in the Messenger and Advocate, Oct. 1834–July 1835, copied in Joseph Smith’s 1834–1836 history, 47–48 (recounting Cowdery’s experience assisting with the translation), 62–65 (recounting the angel’s visit), 81–99 (detailing the discovery of the plates).
Orson Pratt, A[n] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, 6–14, 22–23, providing an overview of the Book of Mormon’s origins.
Orson Hyde, Ein Ruf aus der Wüste [A cry out of the wilderness], 17–30 (modern English translation here), providing an overview of the Book of Mormon’s origins.
Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, providing many details about these events: bk. 3, [10]–bk. 4, [3]; bk. 5, [5]–bk. 9, [4]; bk. 9, [6]–[12]
A later draft of this material is found in Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845, 79–89, 103–168
Revelation, July 1828 [D&C 3], regarding the lost manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon.
Revelation, Spring 1829 [D&C 10], regarding the lost manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon.
Revelation, March 1829 [D&C 5], regarding witnesses of the gold plates.
Revelation, April 1829–D [D&C 9], regarding Oliver Cowdery’s attempt to translate.
Book of Mormon, 1830 ed., 110, 548 [2 Nephi 27:12; Ether 5:2–4], including prophecies of three witnesses to the gold plates.
Preface to the Book of Mormon, 1830 ed., regarding the lost manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon (also found in the printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon).
Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830 [D&C 20:5–12], providing a brief summary of the angel’s visit and the origin of the Book of Mormon.
Minutes, 25–26 October 1831, reporting a meeting at which Joseph Smith was invited (but declined) to give details about the events.
Revelation, 1 November 1831–B [D&C 1:29], mentioning that Joseph Smith received power to translate the Book of Mormon “by the mercy of God.”
Letter to Noah C. Saxton, 4 January 1833, mentioning the divine origin of the Book of Mormon.
Minutes, 12 February 1834, reporting a meeting at which Joseph Smith related his obtaining and translating the plates.
Minutes and Discourse, 21 April 1834, reporting a meeting at which Joseph Smith related his obtaining and translating the plates.
Journal, 14 Nov. 1835 (later copied into JS History, 1834–1836, 129), reporting that Joseph Smith told Erastus Holmes about angelic visitations and the origin of the Book of Mormon.
Elders’ Journal, July 1838, 42–43, describing the angel’s visit and Joseph Smith’s discovery and translation of the plates.
John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 11–14, written as part of a history initiated at Joseph Smith’s assignment but ultimately published independently, providing an overview of the Book of Mormon’s origins.
Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 13 November 1843, mentioning that Joseph Smith “communed with angels” and translated the Book of Mormon “by the power of God . . . from hierogliphics.”
Podcasts
Mormon’s Book: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast (forthcoming)
Glossary Entries
Church History Topics
Historic Sites
The Gold Plates and the Translation of the Book of Mormon
According to Joseph Smith’s later accounts, three years after he experienced his first vision of Deity, an angel appeared to him in 1823 and told him of an ancient record written on gold plates. He explained that he retrieved the plates from a hillside in upstate New York in 1827 and thereafter translated them with help from several scribes. In 1830, the translation was published as the Book of Mormon.
Over the course of his life, Joseph Smith wrote, dictated, or assigned others to prepare documents that included information about how the Book of Mormon came to be. Some of his contemporaries who heard him recount these events also wrote them down. The following list identifies detailed accounts of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and other related documents found on the Joseph Smith Papers website. The list is divided into three categories: detailed accounts from Joseph Smith, other Joseph Smith documents that give partial accounts of or mention these events, and accounts written by his contemporaries.
For further discussion on the Book of Mormon and the translation process, see the “Joseph Smith Documents Dating through June 1831.” For a compilation of accounts on the coming forth of the Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith and his contemporaries, see John W. Welch, “The Miraculous Translation of the Book of Mormon,” in Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820–1844, (Second Edition), ed. John W. Welch (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2017), 78–227.
Detailed Joseph Smith Accounts
Journal, 9–11 Nov. 1835 (later copied into JS History, 1834–1836, 121–122)
An earlier, incomplete draft of this account is found in History, circa June–October 1839, [1]–[7], [9].
Two later, lightly edited drafts of this account are found in History, circa 1841, draft, 5–48, 61–62; and History, circa 1841, fair copy, 5–48, 60–61.
“Church History,” Times and Seasons, 1 Mar. 1842 (also found in the 1844 essay “Latter Day Saints,” in Israel Daniel Rupp (ed.), He Pasa Ekklesia [The whole church])
Detailed Accounts by Contemporaries of Joseph Smith
Oliver Cowdery letters published in the Messenger and Advocate, Oct. 1834–July 1835, copied in Joseph Smith’s 1834–1836 history, 47–48 (recounting Cowdery’s experience assisting with the translation), 62–65 (recounting the angel’s visit), 81–99 (detailing the discovery of the plates).
Orson Pratt, A[n] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, 6–14, 22–23, providing an overview of the Book of Mormon’s origins.
Orson Hyde, Ein Ruf aus der Wüste [A cry out of the wilderness], 17–30 (modern English translation here), providing an overview of the Book of Mormon’s origins.
Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, providing many details about these events: bk. 3, [10]–bk. 4, [3]; bk. 5, [5]–bk. 9, [4]; bk. 9, [6]–[12]
A later draft of this material is found in Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845, 79–89, 103–168
Revelation, July 1828 [D&C 3], regarding the lost manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon.
Revelation, Spring 1829 [D&C 10], regarding the lost manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon.
Revelation, March 1829 [D&C 5], regarding witnesses of the gold plates.
Revelation, April 1829–D [D&C 9], regarding Oliver Cowdery’s attempt to translate.
Book of Mormon, 1830 ed., 110, 548 [2 Nephi 27:12; Ether 5:2–4], including prophecies of three witnesses to the gold plates.
Preface to the Book of Mormon, 1830 ed., regarding the lost manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon (also found in the printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon).
Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830 [D&C 20:5–12], providing a brief summary of the angel’s visit and the origin of the Book of Mormon.
Minutes, 25–26 October 1831, reporting a meeting at which Joseph Smith was invited (but declined) to give details about the events.
Revelation, 1 November 1831–B [D&C 1:29], mentioning that Joseph Smith received power to translate the Book of Mormon “by the mercy of God.”
Letter to Noah C. Saxton, 4 January 1833, mentioning the divine origin of the Book of Mormon.
Minutes, 12 February 1834, reporting a meeting at which Joseph Smith related his obtaining and translating the plates.
Minutes and Discourse, 21 April 1834, reporting a meeting at which Joseph Smith related his obtaining and translating the plates.
Journal, 14 Nov. 1835 (later copied into JS History, 1834–1836, 129), reporting that Joseph Smith told Erastus Holmes about angelic visitations and the origin of the Book of Mormon.
Elders’ Journal, July 1838, 42–43, describing the angel’s visit and Joseph Smith’s discovery and translation of the plates.
John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 11–14, written as part of a history initiated at Joseph Smith’s assignment but ultimately published independently, providing an overview of the Book of Mormon’s origins.
Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 13 November 1843, mentioning that Joseph Smith “communed with angels” and translated the Book of Mormon “by the power of God . . . from hierogliphics.”
Podcasts
Mormon’s Book: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast (forthcoming)
Glossary Entries
Church History Topics
Historic Sites
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The Gold Plates and the Translation of the Book of Mormon
According to Joseph Smith’s later accounts, three years after he experienced his first vision of Deity, an angel appeared to him in 1823 and told him of an ancient record written on gold plates. He explained that he retrieved the plates from a hillside in upstate New York in 1827 and thereafter translated them with help from several scribes. In 1830, the translation was published as the Book of Mormon.
Over the course of his life, Joseph Smith wrote, dictated, or assigned others to prepare documents that included information about how the Book of Mormon came to be. Some of his contemporaries who heard him recount these events also wrote them down. The following list identifies detailed accounts of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and other related documents found on the Joseph Smith Papers website. The list is divided into three categories: detailed accounts from Joseph Smith, other Joseph Smith documents that give partial accounts of or mention these events, and accounts written by his contemporaries.
For further discussion on the Book of Mormon and the translation process, see the “Joseph Smith Documents Dating through June 1831.” For a compilation of accounts on the coming forth of the Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith and his contemporaries, see John W. Welch, “The Miraculous Translation of the Book of Mormon,” in Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820–1844, (Second Edition), ed. John W. Welch (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2017), 78–227.
Journal, 9–11 Nov. 1835 (later copied into JS History, 1834–1836, 121–122)
An earlier, incomplete draft of this account is found in History, circa June–October 1839, [1]–[7], [9].
Two later, lightly edited drafts of this account are found in History, circa 1841, draft, 5–48, 61–62; and History, circa 1841, fair copy, 5–48, 60–61.
“Church History,” Times and Seasons, 1 Mar. 1842 (also found in the 1844 essay “Latter Day Saints,” in Israel Daniel Rupp (ed.), He Pasa Ekklesia [The whole church])
Oliver Cowdery letters published in the Messenger and Advocate, Oct. 1834–July 1835, copied in Joseph Smith’s 1834–1836 history, 47–48 (recounting Cowdery’s experience assisting with the translation), 62–65 (recounting the angel’s visit), 81–99 (detailing the discovery of the plates).
Orson Pratt, A[n] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, 6–14, 22–23, providing an overview of the Book of Mormon’s origins.
Orson Hyde, Ein Ruf aus der Wüste [A cry out of the wilderness], 17–30 (modern English translation here), providing an overview of the Book of Mormon’s origins.
Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, providing many details about these events: bk. 3, [10]–bk. 4, [3]; bk. 5, [5]–bk. 9, [4]; bk. 9, [6]–[12]
A later draft of this material is found in Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845, 79–89, 103–168
Revelation, July 1828 [D&C 3], regarding the lost manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon.
Revelation, Spring 1829 [D&C 10], regarding the lost manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon.
Revelation, March 1829 [D&C 5], regarding witnesses of the gold plates.
Revelation, April 1829–D [D&C 9], regarding Oliver Cowdery’s attempt to translate.
Book of Mormon, 1830 ed., 110, 548 [2 Nephi 27:12; Ether 5:2–4], including prophecies of three witnesses to the gold plates.
Preface to the Book of Mormon, 1830 ed., regarding the lost manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon (also found in the printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon).
Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830 [D&C 20:5–12], providing a brief summary of the angel’s visit and the origin of the Book of Mormon.
Minutes, 25–26 October 1831, reporting a meeting at which Joseph Smith was invited (but declined) to give details about the events.
Revelation, 1 November 1831–B [D&C 1:29], mentioning that Joseph Smith received power to translate the Book of Mormon “by the mercy of God.”
Letter to Noah C. Saxton, 4 January 1833, mentioning the divine origin of the Book of Mormon.
Minutes, 12 February 1834, reporting a meeting at which Joseph Smith related his obtaining and translating the plates.
Minutes and Discourse, 21 April 1834, reporting a meeting at which Joseph Smith related his obtaining and translating the plates.
Journal, 14 Nov. 1835 (later copied into JS History, 1834–1836, 129), reporting that Joseph Smith told Erastus Holmes about angelic visitations and the origin of the Book of Mormon.
Elders’ Journal, July 1838, 42–43, describing the angel’s visit and Joseph Smith’s discovery and translation of the plates.
John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 11–14, written as part of a history initiated at Joseph Smith’s assignment but ultimately published independently, providing an overview of the Book of Mormon’s origins.
Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 13 November 1843, mentioning that Joseph Smith “communed with angels” and translated the Book of Mormon “by the power of God . . . from hierogliphics.”
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Mormon’s Book: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast (forthcoming)
Glossary Entries
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