Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 19, Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)
Doctrine and Covenants 19, Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources
Doctrine and Covenants 19
Historical Background
Revelations in Context
Essays on the background of each revelation
The Contributions of Martin Harris
To pay the printer for the first 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon, Martin Harris mortgaged his home and farm for $3,000. Harris family tradition states that Martin carried that sum of money to the printer in this wallet. Wallet, owned by Martin Harris, ca. 1830, leather, Church History Museum.
Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days
Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations
Volume 1, Chapter 8
People
Biographical facts and historical images of individuals associated with the revelations
Places
Maps and information about places associated with the revelations from The Joseph Smith Papers, Historic Sites, and other helpful sources
Events
Timeline placing each revelation in the context of key events in the Church’s first century
Topics
Essays on subjects related to the revelations
Sources
Historical background and the earliest version of each section of the Doctrine and Covenants, as published in The Joseph Smith Papers and the Church History Library catalog