Ebenezer Robinson reports that Joseph says BOM translation process not intended for public reading.

Date
Oct 25, 1831
Type
Meeting Minutes / Notes
Source
Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Summary
Reference

Minutes of conference at Orange Township, Ohio, October 25, 1831, in Minute Book 2, 13, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed July 7, 2021

Scribe/Publisher
Ebenezer Robinson
People
Hyrum Smith, Ebenezer Robinson, Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
General Public
Transcription

Br. Hyrum Smith said that he thought best that the information of the coming forth of the book of Mormon be related by Joseph himself to the Elders present that all might know for themselves. Br. Joseph Smith jr. said that it was not intended to tell the world all the particulars of the coming forth of the book of Mormon, & also said that it was not expedient for him to relate these things &c.

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