Translation Events 1827
In January, Joseph and Emma were married in South Bainbridge, not far from Colesville.
This mantle was preserved from the minister's home and is now in the restored Josiah Stowell home in Colesville.
In September Joseph and Emma returned to Palmyra where Joseph obtained the plates.
On the way home he was attacked 3 times and dislocated his thumb. His father set it and he related the events to his family.
The plates were described various ways by several observers. One account estimated they weighed 60 pounds. In today's prices for gold, at $1211.49, sixty pounds would be worth more than one million dollars.
What were the contents of the plates that Joseph obtained?
Though many assumed the box contained all of our current Book of Mormon, the Title Page explains it differently.
This was a tumultuous time in Palmyra, with excitement about the plates. Joseph and Emma decided they should move away.
In November, Martin Harris gave Joseph and Emma $50 so they could move back to her parents' home in Harmony.
They hid the plates in a barrel of beans on the way.
Joseph and Emma moved in with her parents.
Isaac Hale wanted to see the plates but when Joseph told him he was prohibited to show the plates, Isaac told them they could not stay in his house.
They moved down the road to a small cabin. Emma and her brother Reuben helped as scribes.