Letter VII (7): February 2022

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

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

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Intro to JSP Volume 5 (original manuscript) is online