First Vision Accounts Why didn’t Joseph remember or share the First Vision in the exact same way each time he gave an account of it?Why didn’t Joseph remember or share the First Vision in the exact same way each time he gave an account of it? How many personages appeared to Joseph Smith? Did Joseph Smith embellish this aspect of his accounts over time?How many personages appeared to Joseph Smith? Did Joseph Smith embellish this aspect of his accounts over time? Was there a time when Church leaders concealed the fact that there were various accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision?Was there a time when Church leaders concealed the fact that there were various accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision? Was the 1832 account of the First Vision cut out of a letter book and restricted from public access?Was the 1832 account of the First Vision cut out of a letter book and restricted from public access? Why do accounts of the vision written by Joseph Smith differ in whether he was in his “sixteenth year” at the time of the vision or whether he was “about fourteen years old”?Why do accounts of the vision written by Joseph Smith differ in whether he was in his “sixteenth year” at the time of the vision or whether he was “about fourteen years old”? Is Joseph Smith’s history wrong about when his mother and brother joined the Presbyterian church?Is Joseph Smith’s history wrong about when his mother and brother joined the Presbyterian church? Why did Joseph wait so long to write an account of the First Vision?Why did Joseph wait so long to write an account of the First Vision? Why was Joseph Smith’s First Vision not widely known to Church members in the 1830s?Why was Joseph Smith’s First Vision not widely known to Church members in the 1830s? Was Joseph Smith’s First Vision a visitation or a dream such as Lehi’s vision?Was Joseph Smith’s First Vision a visitation or a dream such as Lehi’s vision? Why are there similarities between Joseph Smith’s 1832 account of the First Vision and accounts of visions recorded by other Christians in his day?Why are there similarities between Joseph Smith’s 1832 account of the First Vision and accounts of visions recorded by other Christians in his day? Why did some early members like Joseph Smith’s mother and brother not mention the First Vision in their accounts of the beginnings of the Restoration?Why did some early members like Joseph Smith’s mother and brother not mention the First Vision in their accounts of the beginnings of the Restoration? Does historical evidence support Joseph Smith’s description of religious excitement near Palmyra, New York, in 1820?Does historical evidence support Joseph Smith’s description of religious excitement near Palmyra, New York, in 1820?