-- Jun 11, 1829
[Oliver Cowdery] Joseph Smith, Jr. deposited the title page of the Book of Mormon at the office of the Northern District of New York (in Rochester?) and obtained a copyright for his not quite completed "translation." Oliver Cowdery finished transcribing the "printer's manuscript" at about the end of July. (1)
-- Thursday, Jun 11, 1829
1 Nephi 20 BoM copyright registered, Palmyra (2)
-- about Saturday, Jun 13, 1829
2 Nephi 02 D&C 14, 15, 16 received ? (2)
-- Jun 14, 1829
[Joseph Smith] Oliver Cowdery writes to Hyrum Smith. [FAYETTE,] (3)
-- June 14-30, 1829
[Revelations] Fayette, New York. Doctrine and Covenants 17. Instructions to the Three Witnesses prior to their viewing the Book of Mormon plates. Must have faith.
In October 1831 Ezra Booth saw this revelation while visiting Missouri with Joseph and other leaders the preceding summer. Ezra Booth Letters (1-3).
Kirtland Revelations Book, 119-120, heading: {A} Revelation to Oliver <Cowdery> David <Whitmer> and Martin Harris given Fayett, Senica Co. New York [DEL: given :DEL] previous to them having a view of the plates &c.
Not printed in Book of Commandments.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 42 heading: Revelation to Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and Martin Harris, June, 1829, given previous to their viewing the plates containing the book of Mormon:. (4)
-- 1829 mid-June
[Oliver Cowdery] After Egbert B. Grandin, pro-Masonic publisher of the Wayne Sentinel in Palmyra refused to publish the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith, Jr. (no doubt asisted by Oliver Cowdery and Martin Harris) attempted to persuade Thurlow Weed, publisher of the anti-Masonic Rochester Telegraph to print the book in Rochester. Weed also refused, but recommended the services of Elihu F. Marshall, another Rochester publisher. Marshall agreed to print the book. (1)
-- Jun 17, 1829
[Lucy Mack Smith] Jesse Smith, answering a letter from his nephew Hyrum Smith, violently repudiates Mormonism's claims and calls "a fool story" the report that Joseph Sr. has a "wand or rod" like the Egyptian magicians. (5)
-- about Saturday, Jun 20, 1829
2Nephi 27 Three Witnesses Specified (2)
-- 21/Jun 28, 1829
[Lucy Mack Smith] Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer (who remembered that it was a Sunday), and Martin Harris become, at their request, the Three Witnesses. (5)
-- 22/23 June or 29/Jun 30, 1829
[Lucy Mack Smith] The Eight Witnesses sign their statement that they have seen and "hefted" the plates. Joseph Jr. returns the plates to Moroni at Manchester. (5)
-- about Monday, Jun 22, 1829
Jacob 1 D&C 17 received ? (2)
-- about Tuesday, Jun 23, 1829
Jacob 4 (2)
-- about Wednesday, Jun 24, 1829
Jacob 5:50 (2)
-- about Thursday, Jun 25, 1829
Enos/Jarom/Omni 3 Witnesses see angel and plates (2)
Footnotes:
1 - http://olivercowdery.com/history/Cdychrn1.htm
2 - http://www.eldenwatson.net/BoM.htm
3 - Inventing Mormonism:Tradition and the Historical Record, H. Michael Marquardt Wesley P. Walters. A Chronology of Mormon Origins, p.xxvi
4 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/s/_dc.phtml
5 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
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