Joseph recalls moving to Palmyra when he was 10 years old.

Date
1832
Type
Manuscript
Source
Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

Joseph Smith, History, circa Summer 1832, 1, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed April 11, 2024

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

I was born in the town of Charon [Sharon] in the <​State​> of Vermont North America on the twenty third day of December AD 1805 of goodly Parents who spared no pains to instruct<​ing​> me in <​the​> christian religion[.] at the age of about ten years my Father Joseph Smith Seignior moved to Palmyra Ontario County in the State of New York and being in indigent circumstances were obliged to labour hard for the support of a large Family

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