EB journal entry in 1830; conversation with JS Sr. about JS's heavenly visitations.

Date
Nov 5, 1830
Type
Personal Journal / Diary
Source
Eli Bruce
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Reprint
3rd Hand
Reference

Eli Bruce, Diary, November 5, 1830, rep. in Rob Morris, The Masonic Martyr: The Biography of Eli Bruce, Sheriff of Niagara County, New York (Louisville, KY: Morris & Monsarrat, 1861): 266-267

Scribe/Publisher
Morris & Monsarrat
People
Rob Morris, Joseph Smith, Sr., Joseph Smith, Jr., Eli Bruce
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

November 5th-Not so much pain in my head as yesterday. Had a long talk with the father of the Smith, (Joseph Smith,) who, according to the old man's account, is the particular favorite of Heaven! To him Heaven has vouchsafed to reveal its mysteries; he is the herald of the latter-day glory. The old man avers that he is commissioned by God to baptize and preach the new doctrine. He says that our Bible is much abridged and deficient; that soon the Divine is to be made known to all, as written in the new Bible, or Book of Mormon.

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