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LDS Article sub-pages:

1.  BYU publication concerning the 1820 Vision which states: "Joseph Smith discussed this transcendent [Magnificent] vision only privately with a few trusted friends during the Church’s first decade."  (See documentation)

2.  Joseph Smith 1826 Glass Looking Trial Testimonies / Records:

  1826 Trial Testimonies Main Page

  A. W. Benton Account

  Bishop Tuttle Account

●  W. D. Purple Account

  New Evidence  and New Difficulties

  Bill of Justice

  LDS Accounts 

  Articles of Agreement

3.  On Golden Plates — selected section from Those Mysterious Golden Plates     

4.  Introduction by Richard Bushman

5.  The Angel and the Gold Plates 

6.  Cumorah's Cave - Cameron J. Packer

7.  Joseph Knight’s Recollection of Early Mormon History

8.  Early Accounts of the Gold Plates Story  

9.  Photo of the 1833 Book of Commandments documenting that the words "Urim and Thummim," which are found in the Doctrine and Covenants 10:1, were not in the original revelation.    (See documentation)

10.  Book of Mormon Printing Arrangements and History

11.  Book of Moses Changes

12. The Three Witnesses  — very good Wikipedia article on the subject (on site and enlarged for easy reading)

13. Joseph Sets the Plates On the Ground / Alvin Is the Right Person

14. The Angel and the Gold Plates / Those Elusive Gold Plates

15. The Lost 116 Pages