Joseph Smith will not to escape persecution for long, due to the controversy that follows him.

On March 24, 1832, a violent mob comes to Smith's house in Hiram and attacks him.

According to recorded accounts of the event, the mob breaks down the front door, takes Smith's oldest surviving adopted child from his arms (McKiernan 1971), and drags Smith from the room.

The mob then beats, tars and feathers Smith, and attempts to poison him.

This period is prolific in its expansion of Church doctrine and organization; a number of new doctrines and leadership offices are added, based on Smith's teachings.

An attempt to establish a communitarian economy based on Smith's "Law of Consecration" is established, but is abandoned after its unfeasiblity becomes apparent.