History of the Prophet Joseph, by His Mother

A mother’s dictated memoir interweaves family genealogy with recollections of her son’s upbringing, reported divine visitations, and the recovery and translation of revealed records. It chronicles domestic struggles, deaths, dreams, and community responses, including support, skepticism, legal disputes, and organized opposition. The narrative follows the emergence of a new religious community—its early converts, witnesses to sacred events, publishing efforts, missionary journeys, imprisonments, and subsequent migrations—while preserving intimate domestic episodes and devotional testimony intended to document the family’s role in formative spiritual events.