22nd » Joseph Smith states he found the Golden plates on this date after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1823
9th » Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist (d. 1891)
16th » Francis Parkman, American historian and author (d. 1893)
28th » Alexandre Cabanel, French painter and educator (d. 1889)
Famous Deaths for September 1823
11th » David Ricardo, English economist and politician (b. 1772)