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Retrieval of the Gold Plates
1820s · 1827
Manchester, New York
Joseph Smith, Moroni
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Book Research — A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
After four years of annual instruction by the angel Moroni, Joseph Smith was permitted to take possession of the gold plates on September 22, 1827. He retrieved the plates from the Hill Cumorah near his home in Manchester, New York, as directed by the heavenly messenger.
Sources & References
LeGrand Richards, A Marvelous Work and a Wonder, Deseret Book; Joseph Smith—History 1:59 (research confidence: high; source section: Moroni's visits and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon)