An Amateur Historian who found the time to read the Joseph Smith Papers fills in the gaps, tells the rest of the story, and hopefully gives some understanding to Latter-day Saint history and early American life.
Curated by: The Amateur Historian (210 videos)
After being in State custody for weeks, Joseph and his friends are moved to Liberty Jail to stay for months before they escape. During this time we get a series of letters and correspondence that fill in their experience and fill in our knowledge of what they went through. A letter is sent on the 20th of March 1839 where we get the first portion of section 121 of the Doctrine and Covenants as we have it today which is a cry to God for help after some of the most atrocious events and crimes have been committed against the Church.