The Book Of Mormon In 1840 (I Recommend Reading This Article)

[Uncle Dale]

Those of you who occasionally take a look at the

Interpreter - Journal of Mormon Scripture web-site,

may find Chris Maisnik's vol 14 article of interest.

 

http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/where-in-cincinnati-was-the-third-edition-of-the-book-of-mormon-printed/

 

I'll not hog this thread with a long discussion of his work,

but I am curious to see what others here might have

to say. The on-line version is made up of excerpts

from the full, published version (which is available as

a pdf file for Interpreter subscribers).

 

The full version reproduces one of my old maps

(compiled back when I was working on BYU's 1983

Atlas of Utah) -- Here's my comment with the URL.

 

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>I was pleased to see this article come to fruition.
>Obviously a great deal of time and effort went into
>the gathering and compilation of the historical
>material presented by its author. Congratulations
>are in order.
>
>Dale
>
>ps -- Since URLs at my websites are case-sensitive
>in most web-browsers, the address for the Cowdery
>family locations map Chris made use of is specifically:
>http://olivercowdery.com/family/Cdrygen3.htm

 

 

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Enjoy,

 

UD

Edited January 24, 2015 by Uncle Dale

[Avatar4321]

It was an amazing article. I love seeing the Spirit work

[Uncle Dale]

It was an amazing article. I love seeing the Spirit work

 

 

It requires an unusual level of personal dedication to research and submit

and article like the one Chris had published. Most folks (even dedicated

members with some interest in history) would conclude that such efforts

go far beyond what is necessary in relating our shared past.

 

And yet, for those few of us who are ever thirsty for facts about what

happened "back then," and why it happened, and who was involved,

this sort of reporting is like discovering an oasis in the desert.

 

I know that many readers are more comfortable with faith-promoting

volumes, handed down by "higher authority" or by would-be latter day

historians who are careful not to "rock the boat;" but, as you correctly

point out, a certain spirit shines through the results of this sort of study

and reporting -- and it ends up being quietly, unintentionally, uplifting.

 

UD

[nosmelone]

What an impressive amount of research.  I served in Louisville Kentucky shortly after Cincinnati broke off our mission to create the Ohio Cincinnati Mission and had the opportunity to go and pick up transfer vans in Cincinnati.  I love to hear of the early church history in these areas.  Shepard's quote is  the type of testimony that I love to hear from a non-member “‘Mr. Robinson, do you want to know what made me do as I did when you came here last summer, it was no business way, it was not what I saw in you, but what I felt here,’ putting his hand upon his heart.”

[Uncle Dale]

What an impressive amount of research.  I served in Louisville Kentucky shortly after Cincinnati broke off our mission to create the Ohio Cincinnati Mission and had the opportunity to go and pick up transfer vans in Cincinnati.  I love to hear of the early church history in these areas.  Shepard's quote is  the type of testimony that I love to hear from a non-member “‘Mr. Robinson, do you want to know what made me do as I did when you came here last summer, it was no business way, it was not what I saw in you, but what I felt here,’ putting his hand upon his heart.”

 

I would dearly love to see a history of the Saints in and around Covington

written -- extending at least into the 1850s.

 

I'm currently transcribing obscure newspaper articles from Cincinnatti and

northern Kentucky, from that period. It's too soon for me to try and collate

the set, and to make some sense of what was then going on -- but I wish

that somebody like Chris would do that work for me...

 

Oh well,

 

UD