by Dan Wees | Feb 8, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“At the end of the time he went to the place to get the plates the angel asked where his Brother [Alvin] was. I [Joseph Smith, Jr.] told him he was dead.” Lorenzo Saunders interview – 17 September 1884, in Dan Vogel’s Early Mormon Documents – Volume 2 (Salt Lake...
by Dan Wees | Feb 8, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“Q: Did you ever hear Jo[s]e[ph Smith, Jr.] give an account of finding the plates? “A: Yes. He made the statement in gave the account in my father’s house. He said he was in the woods at prayer and the angel touched him on the shoulders and he arose, and the angel...
by Dan Wees | Feb 7, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“Joseph [Smith, Jr.] asked when he could have them; and the answer was, ‘Come in one year from this time [Autumnal Equinox 1824], and bring your oldest brother [Alvin] with you; then you may have them.’ During that year, it so happened that his oldest brother died [on...
by Dan Wees | Feb 6, 2019 | Miscellaneous
[Joseph Smith, Jr.] “then enquired when he could have them, and was answered thus: come one year from this day, and bring with you your oldest brother [Alvin], and you shall have them. This spirit, he said was the spirit of the prophet who wrote this book, and...
by Dan Wees | Feb 5, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“Joseph says, ‘when can I have it [the plates]?’ The answer [from the angel] was the 22nt Day of September next if you Bring the right person with you. Joseph says, ‘who is the right Person?’ The answer was ‘your oldest Brother [Alvin].’ “But before...
by Dan Wees | Feb 4, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“I heard Jo[s]e[ph Smith, Jr.] tell my Mother and Sister how he procured the plates. He said he was directed by an angel where it was. He went in the night to get the plates. When he took the plates there was something down near the box that looked some like a toad...
