This is a third-hand account wherein Charles Walker records his recollection of John Alger’s memory of Joseph recounting his First Vision when John was a small boy. 2nd Feb Thurs [1893] Cold and chilly. Attended Fast Meeting…. Br John Alger said while speaking of the Prophet Joseph, that when he,Continue Reading
George Q. Cannon was a young boy in Nauvoo who heard Joseph speak on many occasions. He would later became one the Apostles and eventually a counselor in the First Presidency of the Church. Joseph was earnest beyond his years; but he was not of a nature to become aContinue Reading
Now, we will come to other events, of later date; events with which we are associated—I refer now to the time that Joseph Smith came among men. What was his position? and how was he situated? I can tell you what he told me about it. He said that heContinue Reading
Alexander Neibaur was a convert originally from Germany who migrated to Nauvoo with his family. He was a dentist and a linguist and taught German and Hebrew to Joseph Smith. One day while still struggling to master the English Language, he recorded in his diary what the Prophet had saidContinue Reading
David Nye White, a non-Mormon, was the senior editor of the Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette. He visited Nauvoo in 1843 and published this account based on an interview with Joseph Smith. This account was published in the New York Spectator, September 23, 1843. According to the editor, Joseph Smith said: TheContinue Reading
First Hand Accounts I am not worried that the Prophet Joseph Smith gave a number of versions of the first vision anymore than I am worried that there are four different writers of the gospels in the New Testament, each with his own perceptions, each telling the events to meetContinue Reading
Levi Richards’ notes from a lecture given by George J. Adams about the Book of Mormon together with Joseph Smith’s follow-up testimony to Elder Adam’s remarks. At 6 PM. heard Elder G[eorge] J. Adams upon the book of Mormon proved from the 24th, 28th & 29 of Isaiah that theContinue Reading
Orson Pratt published a pamphlet titled A Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, and of the Late Discovery of Ancient American Records. The significance of the Pratt pamphlet is that it was the first time an account of the Vision had been published. Mr. Joseph Smith, jun., who made theContinue Reading
In 1843, Israel Daniel Rupp, a Pennsylvania historian, planned to publish a work containing the history and doctrine of religious organizations in the United States as written by representatives of each church. In July 1843, Rupp requested from Joseph Smith a chapter on the Mormons. The book containing the Prophet’sContinue Reading
In March 1838, Joseph Smith moved his family and the center of the Church from Kirtland, Ohio, to Far West, Missouri. Only a month later, on April 27, 1838, while engaged in establishing a new gathering place for the Latter-day Saints in Caldwell County, Missouri, he again began writing aContinue Reading
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