Revelation, 7 August 1831, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 59]

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Revelation, 7 August 1831, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 59]
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Revelation, “land of Zion” [
Missouri
Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ...
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], 7 Aug. 1831. Version copied between ca. 25 Jan. and 1 Feb. 1832 in Hyde and Smith, Notebook, pp. [67]–[72]; handwriting of
Samuel Smith
13 Mar. 1808–30 July 1844. Farmer, logger, scribe, builder, tavern operator. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, by Mar. 1810; to Lebanon, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, 1811...
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See Historical Introduction to Revelation, 7 August 1831 [D&C 59].
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& eternal life in the world to come I the Lord hath Spoken it & the Spirit beareth record Amen Given by Joseph the translator & writen by
Oliver [Cowdery]
3 Oct. 1806–3 Mar. 1850. Clerk, teacher, justice of the peace, lawyer, newspaper editor. Born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller. Raised Congregationalist. Moved to western New York and clerked at a store, ca. 1825–1828...
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August 7 1831 in the land of
Zion
JS revelation, dated 20 July 1831, designated Missouri as “land of Zion” for gathering of Saints and place where “City of Zion” was to be built, with Independence area as “center place” of Zion. Latter-day Saint settlements elsewhere, such as in Kirtland,...
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& copied v by
Samuel H Smith
13 Mar. 1808–30 July 1844. Farmer, logger, scribe, builder, tavern operator. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, by Mar. 1810; to Lebanon, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, 1811...
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Brother to the
Seer
The Book of Mormon identified a seer as a “revelator, and a prophet also,” specifying, however, that a seer was “greater than a prophet.” A seer could “know of things which has past, and also of things which is to come.” The work of a seer included translation...
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Revelation, 7 August 1831, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 59]
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