Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 14–17, Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2020)
Doctrine and Covenants 14–17, Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources
Doctrine and Covenants 14–17
The reconstructed Peter and Mary Whitmer home in Fayette, New York, USA. While living in the Whitmer home Joseph received the revelations now contained in Doctrine and Covenants 14–17.
Texts
Historical background and the earliest manuscript of each revelation, as published in The Joseph Smith Papers
Revelation, June 1829–A [D&C 14]
Joseph Smith dictated this revelation for David Whitmer after Whitmer traveled to Harmony, Pennsylvania, and helped Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery move to Peter Whitmer Sr.’s house in Fayette, New York. More …
Revelation, June 1829–C [D&C 15]
This revelation and the one that follows were directed to brothers John Whitmer and Peter Whitmer Jr., respectively, in early June 1829, soon after they were baptized. More …
Revelation, June 1829–D [D&C 16]
This revelation for Peter Whitmer Jr., dictated in early June 1829, is identical to the revelation for John Whitmer, which apparently preceded it. More …
Revelation, June 1829–E [D&C 17]
After both a passage in the Book of Mormon and a Joseph Smith revelation promised that three witnesses would testify of the gold plates, Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris requested that they be given the opportunity. More …
People
Biographical facts and historical images of individuals associated with the revelations
Historical Background
A Day for the Eternities
“There are moments in every person’s life that change them forever. This was mine.”
Revelations in Context
Essays on the background of each revelation
The Knight and Whitmer Families
The Whitmers were a great support during this flurry of crucial activity. Such service brought both trials and rewards to the family. More …
The Contributions of Martin Harris
As the translation neared completion, Martin, together with Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer, begged Joseph for the privilege of being the promised witnesses of the plates. More …
The Experience of the Three Witnesses
“In the course of the work of translation,” Joseph Smith’s history explains, “we ascertained that three special witnesses were to be provided by the Lord, to whom he would grant, that they should see the plates from which this work (the Book of Mormon) should be translated.” More …
Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days
Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations
Volume 1, Chapter 7
Fellow Servants
As Joseph and his friends finished the translation, their minds turned to a promise the Lord had given in the Book of Mormon and in His revelations—to show the plates to three witnesses. More …
Church History Topics
Essays on subjects related to the revelations
Early Missionaries
Even before the organization of the Church in 1830, the Lord commanded Latter-day Saints to take the restored gospel to the world. More …
Witnesses of the Book of Mormon
The first edition of the Book of Mormon featured two testimonials: one written by a group of three witnesses and another by a group of eight. More …
Olinda Hoehne Reynolds, The Eight Witnesses, 2001, pen and ink on paper, Church History Museum.
Places
Maps and information about places associated with the revelations from The Joseph Smith Papers, Historic Sites, and other helpful sources
Chronology
Timeline placing each revelation in the context of key events in the Church’s first century