Gold plates
Summary
A record engraved on gold plates, which JS translated and published as the Book of Mormon. The text explained that the plates were an abridgment of other ancient records and were written by an American prophet named Mormon and his son Moroni. The plates were buried in present-day Manchester, Ontario County, New York, in what is now known as the Hill Cumorah. JS’s history explained that JS received the plates in September 1827. According to signed statements published in the Book of Mormon, in June 1829 three witnesses were shown the plates by an angel, and an additional eight witnesses were shown the plates by JS.
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- Book of Mormon Manuscript Excerpt, circa June 1829 [1 Nephi 2:2b–3:18a]
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 March 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 September 1842
- Times and Seasons , 2 May 1842
- Account of John, April 1829–C [D&C 7]
- Agreement with Isaac Hale, 6 April 1829
- Appendix 2, Document 2a. Characters Copied by Oliver Cowdery, circa 1835–1836
- Appendix 2, Document 3. Stick of Joseph, 1844
- Appendix 2: Copies of Book of Mormon Characters, Introduction
- Appendix 4: Testimony of Three Witnesses, Late June 1829
- Appendix 5: Testimony of Eight Witnesses, Late June 1829
- Blessing from Joseph Smith Sr., 9 December 1834
- Blessing from Oliver Cowdery, 22 September 1835
- Copyright for Book of Mormon, 11 June 1829
- History, circa Summer 1832
- Introduction to New York and Pennsylvania Financial Records
- Letter from Brigham Young, 7 May 1840
- Letter from Heber C. Kimball, 9 July 1840
- Letter from Lester Brooks, 7 November 1842
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 12 November 1830
- Letter from P., circa 1 September 1842
- Letter to Editor, 8 April 1843
- Letter to Moses Nickerson, 19 November 1833
- Letter to the Church, 7 September 1842 [D&C 128]
- License for Joseph Smith Sr., 9 June 1830
- Minutes and Discourse, circa 7 July 1834
- Minutes, 12 February 1834
- Minutes, 1–2 November 1831
- Minutes, 25–26 October 1831
- Minutes, 9 June 1830
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 14–15 February 1835
- Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, circa 12 April 1828–circa 1 July 1829
- Preface to Book of Mormon, circa August 1829
- Questions and Answers, 8 May 1838
- Reflections and Blessings, 16 and 23 August 1842
- Revelation, September 1830–D [D&C 30:5–8]
- Revelation, 3 November 1831 [D&C 133]
- Revelation, 6 April 1830 [D&C 21]
- Revelation, April 1830–B [D&C 23:3]
- Revelation, April 1830–C [D&C 23:4]
- Revelation, April 1830–D [D&C 23:5]
- Revelation, April 1830–E [D&C 23:6–7]
- Revelation, April 1829–A [D&C 6]
- Revelation, April 1829–B [D&C 8]
- Revelation, February 1829 [D&C 4]
- Revelation, July 1830–B [D&C 26]
- Revelation, June 1829–E [D&C 17]
- Revelation, June 1829–A [D&C 14]
- Revelation, June 1829–B [D&C 18]
- Revelation, March 1829 [D&C 5]
- Revelation, May 1829–A [D&C 11]
- Revelation, May 1829–B [D&C 12]
- Revelation, Spring 1829 [D&C 10]
- Revelation, circa 8 March 1831–A [D&C 46]
- Revelation, circa 8 March 1831–B [D&C 47]
- Testimony, circa 2 November 1831
- Title Page of Book of Mormon, circa Early June 1829
- Vision, 16 February 1832 [D&C 76]
- “Church History,” 1 March 1842