September 15, 1843
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
An account of the First Vision appears in the newspaper article of the Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette by David Nye White based on his interview with Joseph Smith in August 1843. The article was reprinted the following week in the New York Spectator.
Sources:
Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820–1844, John W. Welch, pp. 24–25; 49–50
The Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 1, Dean C. Jessee, p. 438
Joseph Smith's First Vision: Confirming Evidences and Contemporary Accounts, Milton V. Backman, Jr., 2nd ed., p. 176
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