Letter VII (7): Erection of the Hill Cumorah monument in 1935

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

The Church History Library has made available a series of photos of the erection of the Hill Cumorah monument in 1935.

https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/record/070378c9-7bab-49b8-aa68-3329f4130c06/0?view=browse

This photo from the top, looking north, shows how bare the hill was at the time.

https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/f363354d-1b5a-4641-bb21-000124430552/0/12

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, April 13, 2022

Erection of the Hill Cumorah monument in 1935

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