Joseph Smith Sr. & Hyrum Smith Patriarchal Blessings

After a brief time occupying the office, Joseph Smith ordained his father Joseph Smith Sr. as the church patriarch. Upon Joseph Smith Sr.'s death, his son Hyrum Smith became the church patriarch.

Historian Michael Marquardt has made the blessings of these two patriarchs available online for the first time. They provide a unique view of early Mormon thought and possibility.

• Name Index to Patriarchal Blessings by Joseph Smith Sr.
• Patriarchal Blessings by Joseph Smith Sr., Dated 1834-1840
• Name Index to Patriarchal Blessings by Hyrum Smith 
• Patriarchal Blessings by Hyrum Smith, Dated 1840-1844

Also available are a collection of Marquardt's published, peer-reviewed essays.

1. Changing Revelatory Messages: A Mormon Example
2. Manchester as the Site of the Organization of the Church on April 6, 1830
3. Ezra Booth on Early Mormonism: A Look at His 1831 Letters
4. Martin Harris: The Kirtland Years, 1831-1870
5. Lyman E. Johnson: Forgotten Apostle (coauthored with William Shepard
6. David Whitmer: His Evolving Beliefs and Recollections
7. John Whitmer and the Revelations of Joseph Smith
8. Judge Austin A. King's Preliminary Hearing: Joseph Smith and the Mormons on Trial
9. Emily Dow Partridge Smith Young on the Witness Stand: Recollections of a Plural Wife