inquiringmind Posted October 19, 2013 Posted October 19, 2013 I found something called The Joseph Smith Jr. Letter Book Online, but is it genuine? http://josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary?target=XECAA839E-B5AC-4A49-8826-952AC6902F19
Calm Posted October 19, 2013 Posted October 19, 2013 This is a website of the Church, the work is being done by the Church History Dept. so yes, it is genuine. 1
CA Steve Posted October 19, 2013 Posted October 19, 2013 It is part of the The Joseph Smith Papers project so I would consider that as genuine as it gets.
inquiringmind Posted October 19, 2013 Author Posted October 19, 2013 (edited) This is a website of the Church, the work is being done by the Church History Dept. so yes, it is genuine. It's not LDS.org, and I didn't see anything that told me it was a Church web site. How did you know it was? It is part of the The Joseph Smith Papers project so I would consider that as genuine as it gets. Why? I don't really know much about "The Joseph Smith Papers project." Why do you have such confidence in the genuineness of anything associated with it? Have these papers always belonged to the Church, from the early days back in Nauvoo, or have some of them been "brought to light" (the way Mark Hoffman brought certain documents to light, which later turned out to be forgeries)? How do we know that none of these papers are forgeries? Edited October 19, 2013 by inquiringmind
poulsenll Posted October 19, 2013 Posted October 19, 2013 Look at the bottom of the home page The Church Historian's Press is an imprint of the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints© 2013 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. Rights and Use | Privacy PolicyPortions of this site built on Microsoft Technology Larry P 1
CA Steve Posted October 19, 2013 Posted October 19, 2013 From the "Source" notes at the bottom. Letterbook 1 was used in Nauvoo, Illinois, during the compilation of JS’s 1838–1856 history and is listed in the inventory of church records made in connection with the exodus from Nauvoo. The volume is likely accounted for in subsequent Historian’s Office inventories, which list multiple letterbooks. It is also listed in the 1973 register of the JS Collection. These archival records indicate continuous institutional custody.
canard78 Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 If you search on LDS.org it shows up (3rd result), this search function has the header "Search all church sites" http://www.lds.org/search?q=%22A+History+of+the+life+of+Joseph+Smith+Jr.+an+account%22&domains=all〈=eng TOP RESULTS: "A HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF JOSEPH SMITH JR. AN ACCOUNT" The Pearl of Great Price Student Manual Joseph Smith–Historywww.lds.org/manual/the-pearl-of-great-price-student-manual/joseph-smith-historyIt began with the words “A History of the life of Joseph Smith Jr., an account of hismarvelous experience and of all the mighty acts which he doeth in the name of ... Joseph Smith's Recitals of the First Vision - Ensign Jan. 1985 - ensignwww.lds.org/ensign/1985/01/joseph-smiths-recitals-of-the-first-vision“A History of the life of Joseph Smith Jr. an account of his marvilous experienceand of all the mighty acts which he doeth in the name of Jesus Ch[r]ist the son of ... History, circa Summer 1832josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary/history-circa-summer-1832and of all the mighty acts which he doeth in the name of Jesus Ch[r]ist the son ofthe living God of whom he beareth record and also an account of the rise of the ...All results from Top Results on '"A History of the life of Joseph Smith Jr. an account"'
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