Letter VII (7)

President Nelson taught, "Good inspiration is based upon good information." If you are a Latter-day Saint and haven't read Oliver Cowdery's 8 essays on Church history, including Letter VII, you need to read them to understand Church history, the Book of Mormon, and the related teachings of the prophets.

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Intro to JSP Volume 5 (original manuscript) is online

The notorious Introduction to Volume 5 of the Joseph Smith Papers, the Original Manuscript, is online for everyone to see.

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/intro/introduction-to-revelations-and-translations-volume-5

You can read my detailed analysis here:

https://www.academia.edu/67756647/Agenda_driven_editorial_content_in_the_Joseph_Smith_Papers

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Original Letter VII

The earliest version of Letter VII available today is in the July 1835 Messenger and Advocate, published in Kirtland. You can see it by clicking here. Go to issue 10, JULY 1835, and scroll to Letter VII.

Or read Letter VII in the Joseph Smith Papers by clicking here. The section on the hill Cumorah starts here: http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1834-1836/90

You can also read it in Benjamin Winchester's Gospel Reflector here: https://archive.org/details/GospelReflector1841/page/n161

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Letter IV and letter to Emma

The link to Letter IV, explaining that the Nephite record was "written and deposited not far from" Joseph's home, is here: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1834-1836/69. Joseph's letter to Emma about the mounds in the Midwestern U.S. as evidence of the divine authenticity of the Book of Mormon is here: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letterbook-2/63

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This is the place
The valley west of Cumorah, looking east at Moroni's statue (above the l in battles). I think we should have a "This is the Place" monument there to match the one in Salt Lake.

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