Byfield Parish Church record of the christening of John Smith, son of Joseph Smith, in 1751.

Joseph Perry records the students of Moor's Indian Charity School for the year of 1814-1815, with Hyrum Smith present for the first quarter.

Gideon Hawley describes the basics of 19th century school as "reading, writing, and arithmetic."

Joseph Smith's handwriting in original Book of Mormon manuscript.

A letter from JS to OC, scribed by FGW.

Palmyra Reflector describes translation of BOM, highlights JS's lack of education.

Abraham Lincoln describes how he will run as a representative and uses his legal knowledge to bolster his campaign.

JS obtained the plates in 1827 and commenced translating them then.

Joseph states that he was deprived of a benefit of an education and was instructed only in the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic.

Commentary on public schools during JS's time.

Susquehanna Register reprints Isaac Hales's recollection that Joseph didn't go to school often.

Orson Pratt records that schooling was available to Joseph.

Susan Smith recalls Reverend John Smith's mother was a Sawyer.

John C. Bennett mentions oaths made in temple during Joseph Smith's time.

Nauvoo Neighbor correspondent describes Joseph as illiterate.

Willard Richards records the petition from Joseph Smith for a writ of Habeas Corpus, allowing the Nauvoo City Municipal Court to investigate and dismiss charges in their own court.

Nauvoo Neighbor prints full legal summary of the third trial proceedings concerning J.S. et. al. charged with "inciting a riot" before Daniel Wells, justice of the peace.

Warrant authorizing the arrest of Joseph for the "Crime of Treason against the Government and people of the State of Illinois".

Allen Joseph Stout resolved to avenge the blood of Joseph and Hyrum Smith while there remains descendants of their murderers on the earth.

Lucy Mack Smith reports that Joseph didn't like books in her memoirs.

LS describes how her husband taught school during the winter-time.

Lucy Mack Smith records how Smith family educated their children.

Lucy Mack Smith describes how Hyrum went to an academy in Hanover.

LMS highlights JS's farm labors.

Verdict of the Jury finds defendants in "People vs Levi Williams et al." NOT GUILTY.

William I. Appleby said Joseph could barely read and could only write his name.

Brigham Young teaches that the murderers of Joseph will, in future, submit to "blood atonement."

Abraham Lincoln records that he wrote his own farewell speech from Springfield, demonstrating his literacy.

George Thomas Chapman's entry for Dr. John Smith in the Sketches of the Alumni at Dartmouth that erroneously identifies his father as the Joseph Smith married to Elisabeth Palmer.

Rev. George Thomas Chapman records the Dartmouth Alumni life sketch of Ethan Smith, author of "View of the Hebrews."

George Thomas Chapman records the life sketch of Dartmouth alumni Lyndon Arnold Smith.

George Thomas Chapman explains the limitations of the Sketches of Dartmouth alumni, and that some inaccuracies are to be expected.

Pomeroy Tucker reports that Joseph knew a lot of stories.

According to TP, JS was illiterate c. ~1830.

Gazetteer and Business Directory prints reports that Joseph attended a little bit of school.

Hymn (from the 1869 hymnal) speaking of the "blood" of those slain crying for vengeance.

John Doyle Lee recalls an oath of vengeance taken by Saints to avenge the blood of Joseph and Hyrum Smith.

Salt Lake Tribune exposes endowment's oath against US Government and its people.

Simon Smith said Joseph had a limited education.

Smith family knew Joseph did not have proper education.

Clark Braden says he went to school with JS.

Samantha Payne says that JS had a poor reputation as a student in school.

Hyrum Smith was much more educated than JS.

Isaac Butts, in a statement, states that Joseph went to school.

Deseret Weekly reports on hearing in federal court about the existence of an Oath of Vengeance.

Cannon tells his son he took an oath in the Nauvoo Temple against the murderers of Joseph and Hyrum.

JHG notes that the original manuscript of the BOM didn't have punctuation.

AJ describes how OC taught school in the district school in Manchester, Ontario county, N.Y..

Asael Smith gives address to Joseph Smith Sr. to give his children a good education, if possible.

Report concerning the Reed Smoot Hearing from June 1906 discusses the Oath of Vengeance in the LDS temple ceremony.

August W. Lundstrom discusses the Oath of Vengeance during his testimony at the Reed Smoot hearing.

Contents of the "oath of vengeance" provided during the Smoot hearing. "Vengeance" to be carried out by God, not man.

Evelyn M. Wood says Joseph might have been taught his letters in around 1810.

In a late recollection, David H. Cannon describes the instruction at the Endowment House in regards to vengeance.

Joseph Smith went to school and was not as ignorant as some portrayed him.

A Dartmouth Alumni Magazine article recalls that Hyrum Smith was "destined for Dartmouth," but went west before attending.

Bruce A. Van Orden reports that Hyrum Smith went to school much earlier than Joseph.

David Herbert Donald describes 19th-century education for Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln was sought after to write letters for his neighbors as few could write well at that time.

Richard K. Behrens connects Joseph Smith Jr.'s paternal grandparents to the Joseph Smith and Elisabeth Palmer who were mistakenly identified as the parents of Reverend John Smith in a Dartmouth Alumni Sketch.

TMTH&M says MT(SC) was educated until the fifth grade.

David H. Cannon reports that Anthony W. Ivins does not like the wording of the Law of Retribution.

The RDOCS gives biographical and academic details of John S.