June 14, 1828
Harmony, Pennsylvania
Joseph Smith completed the translation of the book of Lehi, and Martin Harris took the 116 manuscript pages to Palmyra, New York, to show selected members of his family as bound by covenant.Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 1:20-21
Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820–1844, John W. Welch, p. 88
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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