This book of documents is a work intended to present everything Smithian, whether by authorship or relationship. The work contains twelve documents, written between 1832 and 1844, relating the history of Joseph Smith and the Mormon church. These include: 1. History, 1832, from Joseph Smith Letterbook 1, LDS Archives. 2. "Joseph Smith to Oliver Cowdery," from Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate, 1 (December 1834): 40. 3. History, 1832-34, from "History of the Church, A-1," pp. 1-187, LDS Archives. 4. "Extract from the Private Journal of Joseph Smith, Jr.," from Times and Seasons 1 (November 1839): 2-9. 5. History draft, 1839, from Unnamed Manuscript, LDS Archives. 6. History, 1839, from "History of the Church, A-1," pp. 1-240, LDS Archives. 7. Orson Pratt, "Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, and of the Late Discovery of Ancient American Records" (Edinburgh, 1840). 8. Orson Hyde, "Ein Ruf aus der Wuste, eine Stimme aus dem Schoose der Erde" (Frankfurt, 1842). 9. Joseph Smith, "Church History," from Times and Seasons 3 (I March 1842): 706-10. 10. "The Prairies, Nauvoo, Joe Smith, the Temple, the Mormons, etc.," from "The Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette" 58 (15 September 1843): 3. 11. Joseph Smith, "Latter Day Saints," from I. Daniel Rupp, "An Original History of the Religious Denominations at Present Existing in the United States" (Philadelphia: N.p., 1844), 404-10. 12. Alexander Neibaur, Journal, 24 May 1844, from LDS Archives. Jessee notes that this seemingly eclectic collection of documents belongs together because they deal either historically or autobiographically with the life of the prophet and were written either by him or under his direction. The many works in this collection are, according to Jessee, just as much Joseph Smith's as if he had dictated or penned them himself.