Joseph Smith Jr. (1805–1844)
Founder of the Latter-day Saint movement. Dossier subject. Our working hypothesis: he knew exactly what he was holding.
Read moreFounder of the Latter-day Saint movement. Dossier subject. Our working hypothesis: he knew exactly what he was holding.
Read moreSmith's successor. The man who moved the stockpile west, in three sealed wagons, at the centre of the pioneer column.
Read moreSmith's first scribe and second witness to the plates. The only insider whose private writings suggest he understood what he was transcribing.
Read moreA former Church History Department archivist who spoke to a committee investigator in 2003, on the condition that we never publish their name.
Read moreA composite profile of the seven institutions, and the two families, that have coordinated the suppression since 1844.
Read moreEarly counselor, later schismatic. The committee's file on Rigdon is thinner than it should be — and that thinness is the finding.
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