A Study of the Origins of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the States of New York and Pennsylvania

Addressing some of the most consquential yet esoteric subjects andevents in Latter-day Saint Church history, this 1971 dissertationmakes available items from early Mormon history never previously sothoroughly documented. Specifically, Dr. Larry C. Porter carefullydelineates the dynamics of Joseph Smith's life and movement (and thesubsequent movement of the Church) in the context of the infant yearsof the Church, an era whose documented treatment has been previouslyobscure and sketchy.