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New Content on the Joseph Smith Papers Website
The Joseph Smith Papers is pleased to announce its latest web publication. This release features the trustee-in-trust ledger for records of tithing and other donations, two hymnbooks authorized by JS and the First Presidency, and images for the five volumes of the fair copy of the manuscript history of the church. Also included are many more city records of Nauvoo, Illinois: all the assessor and collector records for 1842 taxes, miscellaneous treasurer receipts, records for the Nauvoo police, and additional records for the Nauvoo Legion. Additionally, thirty-seven new documents from 1834 to 1844, as well as two new topic pages and 131 new biographical entries, have been added.
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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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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.