Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision

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Primary sources related to Joseph Smith's First Vision

Summary: Original text of Joseph's accounts of the First Vision

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• Joseph Smith's 1832 account of the First Vision
• Joseph Smith's 1835 accounts of the First Vision
• The Erastus Holmes 1835 account of the First Vision
• Orson Pratt's 1840 account of the First Vision
• Joseph Smith's 1842 account of the First Vision
• Joseph Smith's 1842 Wentworth Letter account of the First Vision
• Orson Hyde's 1842 account of the First Vision
• The Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette 1843 account of the First Vision
• Levi Richards' 1843 account of the First Vision
• Daniel Rupp's 1844 account of the First Vision
• 1844 (Alexander Neibaur account)
• 1893 (Charles L. Walker account)

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1844 (Alexander Neibaur account)

Summary: Alexander Neibaur Journal, 24 May 1844

1893 (Charles L. Walker account)

Summary: As told by John Alger