Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: New York

This collection offers new material relevant to Palmyra in the 1820s; Asael Smith (the Prophet's grandfather); Orson Pratt's defense of the First Vision examined in light of the surviving accounts of that manifestation; all known visits by Moroni; the name Cumorah; the Church's acquisition of the hill; Joseph Smith's in-law problems; John Gilbert's typesetting of the Book of Mormon; the organization of the Church in 1830; the conversions of Thomas B. Marsh, Brigham Young, and W. W. Phelps; the relations between Joseph's work on the Bible and revelation; and the "miraculous" 1964 New York World's Fair. This volume shows the reader the people, places, and events that were a part of New York's Mormon history, where the Church arose amid the ashes of the "Burned-over District" in western New York. Although the Saints moved to the Intermountain West, New York remained a vital part of LDS history as birthplace of many of the Church's early leaders, port of entry for the majority of LDS immigrants from Europe, and, presently, home of many important Church historical sites.