Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision

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Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision

Summary: During his lifetime, Joseph Smith and his contemporaries published multiple accounts of Joseph Smith's vision.


There were four firsthand and five secondhand accounts of Joseph's vision published in Joseph's lifetime. A description of each account is available in "Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision", josephsmithpapers.org.

A brief summary of each

Firsthand accounts

Joseph Smith recorded four accounts of the First Vision (either by himself or using a scribe):

Secondhand accounts

Contemporaries of Joseph Smith recorded five secondhand accounts of the First Vision.

Later accounts

  1. REDIRECT Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision/1893 (Charles L. Walker account)