As is so often the case with valuable relics, the path to the museum wasn't an easy one for the manuscript.
It remained in Joseph Smith's personal possession until October 1841, when he was building his home, known as the Nauvoo House, in Nauvoo, Ill. For safekeeping he placed the pages of the manuscript, along with other mementos, in the cornerstone of the foundation.
There the pages stayed for 41 years until 1882 when additional construction of the Nauvoo House unearthed the capsule.
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