Annotated History of the Church
We present here the beginning of a new annotated history of Joseph Smith,
with notes giving or referring to modern research into the events
narrated by Joseph Smith and his clerks. The text itself is that of the
familiar c1902 History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, edited by B. H. Roberts from the manuscript history produced
by Willard Richards, George A. Smith and their assistants and finished in 1858.
B. H. Roberts' original notes are preserved in this new version, but
corrections and many additions are given.
The completed portion of the new annotated history extends from 1805 to
1833. We will add new chapters as they become available.
Volume one of the history contains the bulk of the revelations of
Joseph Smith currently found in the Doctrine and Covenants
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Those interested in these
revelations and their textual history should consult the chapters in this new
history corresponding to the dates of those revelations where they appear
in full with corresponding notes.
Readers may also consult another BOAP publication,
The Parallel Joseph
which contains the original sources for a
number of documents appearing in the History.
Google Search The Annotated History:
- Volume 1 Chapter 1 [1805-1820]
-> First Vision Notes
-
Volume 1 Chapter 2 [1820-January 1827] -> Book of Mormon Visions, Plates, D&C 2
-
Volume 1 Chapter 3 [January 1827-March 1829] -> -> D&C 3, 10, 4, 5
- Volume 1
Chapter 4 [April 1829] -> D&C 6, 7, 8, 9
- Volume 1 Chapter 5 [April 1829-June 1829]
-> D&C 13, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16
- Volume 1 Chapter 6 [June 1829]
-> D&C 17
- Volume 1 Chapter 7 [June 1829-April 1830]
-> D&C 18, 20
- Volume 1 Chapter 8 [June 1829-April 1830]
-> D&C 19, 21, 22, 23
- Volume 1 Chapter 9 [April 1830-June 1830]
- Volume 1 Chapter 10 [June 1830-July 1830]
-> Moses Chapter 1, D&C 24, 25, 26
- Volume 1 Chapter 11 [August 1830-October 1830] -> D&C 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32
- Volume 1 Chapter 12 [October 1830-December 1830] -> D&C 33, 34, 35, 36, Moses chapter 7, D&C 37
- Volume 1 Chapter 13 [January 1831-February 1831] -> D&C 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44
- Volume 1 Chapter 14 [March 1831-May 1831]
-> D&C 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51
- Volume 1 Chapter 15 [June 1831-August 1831]
-> D&C 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58
- Volume 1 Chapter 16 [August 1831-September 1831]
-> D&C 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64
- Volume 1 Chapter 17 [September 1831-November 1831] -> D&C 65, 66, 1, 67, 68, 133, 69, 70
- Volume 1 Chapter 18 [December 1831-March 1832] -> D&C 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81
- Volume 1 Chapter 19 [March 1832-May 1832]
-> D&C 82, 83
- Volume 1 Chapter 20 [June 1832-August 1832]
- Volume 1 Chapter 21 [September 1832-December 1832] -> D&C 84, [85], 86
- Volume 1 Chapter 22 [December 1832-January 1833]-> D&C 87, 88
- Volume 1 Chapter 23 [January 1833-March 1833] -> D&C 89, 90, 91, 92
- Volume 1 Chapter 24 [April 1833-May
1833] -> D&C 93, 94
- Volume 1 Chapter 25 [June 1833] -> D&C 95, 96
- Volume 1 Chapter 26 [June-July 1833]
- The remaining chapters of volume one (covering the rest of the year 1833)
will appear later.
The original text of the history is also available here
as scanned texts of basically the c1902 (with some additions in vol. 6)
"History of the Church"
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