June 11, 1843
Kirtland, Ohio
An account of the First Vision is recorded this day in the diary of Church member Levi Richards. Presumably the entry was written shortly after Richards heard the Prophet share his experience.
Sources:
Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820–1844, John W. Welch, pp. 23–24, 49
The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph, Andrew F. Ehat, Lyndon W. Cook, p. 215
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