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==Question: What religious excitement was occurring in Palmyra in 1820?==
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===Methodist camp meetings were being held in Palmyra in 1820===
Some claim that there were no religious revivals in the Palmyra, New York area in 1820, contrary to Joseph Smith's claims that during that year there was "an unusual excitement on the subject of religion...indeed, the whole district of country seemed affected by it" [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/js_h/1/5#5 Joseph Smith&mdash;History 1:5] Joseph Smith talked of observing, as a 14-year-old, "an unusual excitement on the subject of religion" in the Palmyra area during the Spring of 1820.  Joseph notes that "It commenced with the Methodists, but soon became general among all the sects in that region of country." 

Abundant evidence of religious excitement exists to substantiate Joseph’s account. This has been thoroughly summarized by Pearl of Great Price Central. Their analysis may be accessed by clicking on the hyperlinked text. 

One should keep in mind that Joseph Smith ''never'' used the term "revival" in his description - he simply described it as "an unusual excitement on the subject of religion." To a 14 year old who had been concerned about religion starting at age 12 after the 1817 revival, the ongoing camp meetings in the town in which he lived would certainly qualify.
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