The 668-page volume provides insight into the construction of the temple in Kirtland, Ohio; the publication of Church founder Joseph Smith’s revelations in the first edition of the Doctrine and Covenants; the calling of the first members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; and the expedition to reclaim Latter-day Saint lands in Jackson County, Missouri. In an effort to reclaim the Mormon property, in May 1834, Joseph Smith had led a company of about 200 people, first known as the Camp of Israel and later as Zion’s Camp, to Missouri to aid the Mormons who were living there.