This prophecy of Nephi “apparently refers (1) to Joseph Smith’s giving a copy of some of the characters to Martin Harris and (2) to the subsequent visit of Martin Harris with Professor Charles Anthon [see 2 Nephi 27:15]. Sometime between December 1827 and February 1828, Joseph Smith copied a number of the characters from the plates in his possession and translated some of them by means of the Urim and Thummim. In February 1828, Martin Harris visited the Prophet in Pennsylvania, obtained a transcript of the characters, and took it to Professor Charles Anthon of New York City” (Ludlow, Companion to Your Study of the Book of Mormon, 147–48).