About June 24, 1829
Palmyra, New York
Joseph Smith showed the Eight Witnesses the gold plates near the Joseph Smith Sr. log home.Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 1:57
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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