Mormon Historical Studies Fall 2004 $15.00

Mormon Historical Studies
Volume 5, Number 2
Fall 2004

This issue of Mormon Historical Studies contains articles about the Palawai Basin, the first gathering place in Hawaii; Sampson Avard, and Mormonism in Upper Canada between 1833 and 1843.

Also included in this issues is an interview with Charles S. Peterson, and descriptions of the dedication of an historical marker at Lanai, Hawaii, a description of the Nathaniel H. Felt Home dedication in Salem, MA, and a review of A Widow's Tale: 1884-1896 Diary of Helen Mar Kimball Whitney, by Charles M. Hatch and Todd Compton.

• Introduction & Contents
• Editor's Letter
• The Palawai Pioneers on the Island of Lanai:
  The First Hawaiian Latter-day Saint Gathering Place (1854–1864)
• Sampson Avard: The First Danite
• The Politicization of Religious Dissent: Mormonism in Upper Canada, 1833–1843
• Orson Pratt’s [An] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions: A Seminal Scottish Imprint in Early Mormon History
• Licensing Ministers of the Gospel in Kirtland, Ohio
• Old Testament Manuscript 3: An Early Transcript of the Book of Moses
• Defining the Mormon West: An Interview with Charles S. Peterson
• Dedication of the Palawai Historical Marker on the Island of Lanai, Hawaii
• Historic Nathaniel H. Felt Home Dedicated in Salem, Massachusetts
• Book Review
• Name Index