Joseph Smith’s journal records him hearing his views on government being read.

Date
Feb 5, 1844
Type
Personal Journal / Diary
Source
Willard Richards
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Scribed Summary
Reference

Journal entry for 5 February 1844, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844, p. 256, The Joseph Smith Papers

Scribe/Publisher
Willard Richards
People
Joseph Smith, Jr., Willard Richards
Audience
N/A
Transcription

Monday Feb 5th 1844— called at my office in the eveni[n]g— & heard read my vi[e]ws of the gen[eral] Governm[en]t.510

I was the first one who publicly proposed a national Bank on the principles I had advanced.

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