170 years ago today - March/May 1842

[General] Times and Seasons (Nauvoo) prints the available text of what would become the Book of Abraham, facsimiles included, published by Joseph Smith, in Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith publishes Articles of Faith in response to an editor‘s request.

[Source: Sherry Baker: Mormon Media History Timeline: 1827-2007, http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=7984]