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Revelation,
Hiram Township
Area settled by immigrants from Pennsylvania and New England, ca. 1802. Located in northeastern Ohio about twenty-five miles southeast of Kirtland. Population in 1830 about 500. Population in 1840 about 1,100. JS lived in township at home of John and Alice...
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, OH, 7 Mar. 1832. Featured version copied [between 15 Mar. and ca. 1 Apr. 1832] in Revelation Book 2, pp. 18–19; handwriting of
Frederick G. Williams
28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system...
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and JS; CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Revelation Book 2.

Historical Introduction
The index to Revelation Book 2, which
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was keeping in
Ohio
French explored and claimed area, 1669. British took possession following French and Indian War, 1763. Ceded to U.S., 1783. First permanent white settlement established, 1788. Northeastern portion maintained as part of Connecticut, 1786, and called Connecticut...
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in March 1832, identifies the subject of this 7 March 1832 revelation as
Stephen Burnett
15 Dec. 1813–14 Feb. 1885. Farmer, tavernkeeper, patent medicine salesman, nurseryman. Born in Trumbull Co., Ohio. Son of Serenus Burnett and Jane Burnes (Burnside). Moved to Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1815. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
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.
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Revelation Book 2, Index, [1]. The surname “Burnett” was added in the text of the revelation when it was recorded in Revelation Book 1 by John Whitmer. (Revelation Book 1, p. 147.)
At age seventeen, Burnett was
ordained
The conferral of power and authority; to appoint, decree, or set apart. Church members, primarily adults, were ordained to ecclesiastical offices and other responsibilities by the laying on of hands by those with the proper authority. Ordinations to priesthood...
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to the
high priesthood
The authority and power held by certain officers in the church. The Book of Mormon referred to the high priesthood as God’s “holy order, which was after the order of his Son,” and indicated that Melchizedek, a biblical figure, was a high priest “after this...
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at the October 1831
conference
A meeting where ecclesiastical officers and other church members could conduct church business. The “Articles and Covenants” of the church directed the elders to hold conferences to perform “Church business.” The first of these conferences was held on 9 June...
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held in
Orange
Located about five miles south of Kirtland Township. Area settled, 1815. Organized 1820. Population in 1830 about 300. Population in 1838 about 800. Sixty-five Latter-day Saints lived in township, by Nov. 1830. Joseph and Julia Murdock, twins adopted by JS...
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, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
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Minutes, 25–26 Oct. 1831.
Three months later, at the 25 January 1832 conference in
Amherst
Located in northeastern Ohio on southern shore of Lake Erie. Area settled, ca. 1810. County organized, 1824. Formed from Black River Township, Dec. 1829. Population in 1830 about 600. Population in 1840 about 1,200. Parley P. Pratt settled in township, Dec...
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, Ohio, JS dictated a revelation appointing Burnett to travel and preach with
Ruggles Eames
ca. 1804–before 1850. Son of Benjamin Eames and Julia Bacon. Lived in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1827. Married Charlotte Rose, 27 June 1830, in Cuyahoga Co. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by 25 Oct. 1831. Ordained a priest, 25 Oct. 1831...
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, though it is not known if Burnett and Eames fulfilled that assignment.
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Revelation, 25 Jan. 1832–B [D&C 75:35] .
This 7 March revelation appointed Burnett to travel and preach again, this time with
Eden Smith
1806–7 Dec. 1851. Laborer. Born in Indiana. Son of John Smith. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Served mission to Ohio, Dec. 1831, 1832. Married first Elizabeth. Rebaptized into church by William E. McLellin, 27 Aug. 1834, in Eugene...
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. However, the two did not preach together until August 1832 because Eden Smith became sick on 7 March and remained ill “for sometime.”
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Eden Smith, Journal, 7 Mar. 1832; John Smith, Diary, 24–26.
Comprehensive Works Cited
Smith, Eden. Journal, Sept. 1831–Aug. 1832. CHL. MS 1940.
Smith, John (ca. 1775–after 1833). Diary, 1831–1832. CHL. MS 5349.
Instead, two weeks after this revelation was dictated, Burnett began his mission with John Smith, Eden’s father.

The revelation was probably originally inscribed by
Sidney Rigdon
19 Feb. 1793–14 July 1876. Tanner, farmer, minister. Born at St. Clair, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Joined United Baptists, ca. 1818. Preached at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and vicinity, 1819–1821. Married Phebe...
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,
Jesse Gause
Ca. 1784–ca. Sept. 1836. Schoolteacher. Born at East Marlborough, Chester Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Gause (Goss) and Mary Beverly. Joined Society of Friends (Quakers), 1806. Moved to Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, 1808; to Chester Co., 1811; and to Wilmington...
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, or
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, who served as scribes to JS in 1832.
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See Scribal Directory, in JSP, MRB:683–684; Jennings, “Consequential Counselor,” 183; and Faulring et al., Joseph Smith’s New Translation of the Bible, 46–48.
JSP, MRB / Jensen, Robin Scott, Robert J. Woodford, and Steven C. Harper, eds. Manuscript Revelation Books. Facsimile edition. First volume of the Revelations and Translations series of The Joseph Smith Papers, edited by Dean C. Jessee, Ronald K. Esplin, and Richard Lyman Bushman. Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2009.
Jennings, Erin B. “The Consequential Counselor: Restoring the Root(s) of Jesse Gause.” Journal of Mormon History 34 (Spring 2008): 182–227.
Faulring, Scott H., Kent P. Jackson, and Robert J. Matthews, eds. Joseph Smith’s New Translation of the Bible: Original Manuscripts. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2004.
JS and Williams copied the revelation into Revelation Book 2, probably sometime before JS departed for
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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on 1 April. The date on this copy of the revelation is 7 March 1832, written in JS’s handwriting. The copy of the revelation in Revelation Book 1, made sometime after April 1832, bears the date 17 March. However, the ink flow of the “1” is heavier than that of the surrounding text, suggesting that it was inserted at a later time.
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Revelation Book 1, p. 147.
When the revelation was published, the date was given as March 1832 and the revelation followed a 12 March revelation.
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Doctrine and Covenants 77, 1835 ed., and Doctrine and Covenants 78, 1844 ed.; “History of Joseph Smith,” Times and Seasons, 15 Aug. 1844, 5:608–609.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Because JS originally inscribed the date of 7 March on the copy in Revelation Book 2 so close to the time of the original inscription, that date is probably correct.
Footnotes
[1]
Revelation Book 2, Index, [1]. The surname “Burnett” was added in the text of the revelation when it was recorded in Revelation Book 1 by John Whitmer. (Revelation Book 1, p. 147.)
[2]
Minutes, 25–26 Oct. 1831.
[3]
Revelation, 25 Jan. 1832–B [D&C 75:35] .
[4]
Eden Smith, Journal, 7 Mar. 1832; John Smith, Diary, 24–26.
Smith, Eden. Journal, Sept. 1831–Aug. 1832. CHL. MS 1940.
Smith, John (ca. 1775–after 1833). Diary, 1831–1832. CHL. MS 5349.
[5]
See Scribal Directory, in JSP, MRB:683–684; Jennings, “Consequential Counselor,” 183; and Faulring et al., Joseph Smith’s New Translation of the Bible, 46–48.
JSP, MRB / Jensen, Robin Scott, Robert J. Woodford, and Steven C. Harper, eds. Manuscript Revelation Books. Facsimile edition. First volume of the Revelations and Translations series of The Joseph Smith Papers, edited by Dean C. Jessee, Ronald K. Esplin, and Richard Lyman Bushman. Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2009.
Jennings, Erin B. “The Consequential Counselor: Restoring the Root(s) of Jesse Gause.” Journal of Mormon History 34 (Spring 2008): 182–227.
Faulring, Scott H., Kent P. Jackson, and Robert J. Matthews, eds. Joseph Smith’s New Translation of the Bible: Original Manuscripts. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2004.
[6]
Revelation Book 1, p. 147.
[7]
Doctrine and Covenants 77, 1835 ed., and Doctrine and Covenants 78, 1844 ed.; “History of Joseph Smith,” Times and Seasons, 15 Aug. 1844, 5:608–609.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Revelation, 7 March 1832 [D&C 80] Revelation Book 2 Revelation Book 1 Doctrine and Covenants, 1835 History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834] Doctrine and Covenants, 1844 “History of Joseph Smith”
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which you have heard and verily believe and know to be true. Behold this is the will of him who hath called you Your Redeemer even Jesus Christ Amen—— [p. 19]
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Revelation, 7 March 1832 [D&C 80]
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JSP, D2:200–201
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