Donor provided unconfirmed image of the first Latter-day Saint prophet, according to new statement from the church.

Historians who have spent decades studying the life of Joseph Smith Jr. — born 220 years ago on Dec. 23, 1805 — report that the deeper one is willing to study, the more clarity arises about the kind ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has accepted the donation of a locket containing a daguerreotype reportedly ...

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It's true that Joseph Smith announced a bid for the presidency in January 1844. A mob killed him in June of the same year when he was in custody at an Illinois jail. However … What's False Smith was ...