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    • Book of Mormon Manuscript

    • Book of Mormon Manuscript

    • Book of Mormon--Manuscripts;

    • The manuscript pictured is 1 Nephi 2:23-3:18, and is a portion of the original, not the the printer's copy. The initial part of this page was written by Oliver Cowdery, with the remainder possibly transcribed by John Whitmer.
    • Religious Education
    • Grandin Printing Press

    • Grandin Printing Press

    • Book of Mormon--Publication and distribution; Printing presses;

    • The first edition of the Book of Mormon was printed on a Smith (Washington?) single-pull hand press operated by pressmen John H. Gilbert and J. H. Bartles, and by journeyman Thomas (Whistling Tom) McAuley. Luther Howard bound the books. The press...
    • Religious Education
    • Book of Mormon, 1842 edition

    • Book of Mormon, 1842 edition

    • Book of Mormon;

    • In 1839 the Prophet Joseph Smith worked to prepare a new edition of the Book of Mormon. That third edition was published in Nauvoo, Illinois in 1840. The fourth edition was also published in Nauvoo in 1842. The volume seen here was one of those...
    • Religious Education
    • Jailor's Bedroom

    • Jailor's Bedroom

    • Carthage Jail (Ill.); Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844; Taylor, John, 1808-1887; Richards, Willard, 1804-1854;

    • The jailor's bedroom on the second story of the Carthage Jail. Here the Prophet Joseph Smith was shot and fell from the window, mortally wounded. Moments before, his brother, Hyrum, was shot and fell dead on the floor. John Taylor was seriously...
    • Religious Education
    • Jail Stairway

    • Jail Stairway

    • Carthage Jail (Ill.); Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844; Taylor, John, 1808-1887; Richards, Willard, 1804-1854;

    • These stairs lead from the south entrance of the Cartahage Jail to the second level. The dungeon or criminal's cell can be seen at the top of the stairs. The mob that assaulted the Prophet Joseph Smith on 27 June 1844 ran up the stairs and turned...
    • Religious Education
    • Jail Well

    • Jail Well

    • Carthage Jail (Ill.); Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844; Taylor, John, 1808-1887; Richards, Willard, 1804-1854;

    • Well outside Carthage Jail.
    • Religious Education
    • Carthage Jail

    • Carthage Jail

    • Carthage Jail (Ill.); Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Windows; Architecture--Details; Building;

    • On 27 June 1844 the Prophet Joseph Smith and three others were in the jailor's bedroom on the second floor of the the Carthage Jail. This view looks out the east window of the jail from that room. A mob rushed through the front door and up the...
    • Religious Education
    • Country Lane to Cumorah

    • Country Lane to Cumorah

    • Cumorah, Hill (N.Y.);

    • Leaving his home the following day, Jospeh most likely walked south along Stafford Road and then turned left onto a lane which connected Stafford with Canandaigua road, a well-travled route one mile east of the Smith farm. Joseph had but to walk...
    • Religious Education
    • Hill Cumorah

    • Hill Cumorah

    • Cumorah, Hill (N.Y.); Mountains--New York (State); Book of Mormon--Manuscripts;

    • The Prophet Joseph Smith learned of the Book of Mormon plates and the Hill Cumorah on the night of 21-22 September 1823 from Moroni, a heavenly messenger. The Prophet visited the hill every year for four years. He was given custody of the plates on...
    • Religious Education
    • Joseph Obtains the Plates

    • Joseph Obtains the Plates

    • Cumorah, Hill (N.Y.); Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Visions; Book of Mormon--Plates;

    • This photograph was taken near the top of the Hill Cumorah, on the west side of the hill. It shows the kinds of trees which were growing on Cumorah during the 1820s: beech, maple, bass, and whitewood. At midnight in September 21, 1827, Joseph and...
    • Religious Education
    • De Witt, Carroll County, Missouri

    • De Witt, Carroll County, Missouri

    • De Witt (Mo.);

    • In the fall of 1838, some citizens of Carroll County, Missouri laid siege to Latter-day Saints living in the village of De Witt in that county. This action prevented the Saints from harvesting their crops on outlying farms. Because of hunger and...
    • Religious Education
    • De Witt, Carroll County, Missouri

    • De Witt, Carroll County, Missouri

    • De Witt (Mo.);

    • In the fall of 1838, some citizens of Carroll County, Missouri laid siege to Latter-day Saints living in the village of De Witt in that county. This action prevented the Saints from harvesting their crops on outlying farms. Because of hunger and...
    • Religious Education

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