Oliver B. Huntington and Philo Dibble on Joseph Smith and the Inhabitants of the Moon

 

"Inhabitants of the moon are more of a uniform size than the inhabitants of the Earth, being about 6 feet in height.

They dress very much like the quaker style & are quite general in style or the one fashion of dress.

They live to be very old; comeing generally, near a thousand years."

This is the description of them as given by Joseph the Seer, and he could "See" whatever he asked the Father in the name of Jesus to see.

I heard him say that "he could ask what he would of the Father, in the name of Jesus and it would be granted" and I have no more doubt of it than I have that the mob killed him.

Source: Journal of O. B. Huntington, Book No. 14, p. 94

The Moon was described by the Prophet Joseph to Philo Dibble as inhabited by a people tall well formed measuring generall 6 feet or over in height. Dressed very uniformly in a style resembling the Quaker fashion and lived to be generally near a thousand years old.

Source: Journal of O. B. Huntington, Book No. 14, pp. 106-7

Further Reading:

Joseph Smith Sr. Promising the Recipient of a Patriarchal Blessing the Ability to Travel and Preach to Other Worlds/Planets and the Moon

The Tanners in "Mormonism: Shadow or Reality?" (1964): Belief in an Inhabited Sun and Moon were Held Among many Scholars and Intellectuals of the Time

FAIR, Question: Did Joseph Smith state that the moon was inhabited, and that it's inhabitants were dressed like Quakers?