1836 — Oliver Cowdery (editor) on Oliver Cowdery at the Kirtland Temple dedication (1836-03)
1917 — David H. Cannon Autobiography, recalling David Whitmer on Oliver Cowdery (1917-03-13)
1892 — Harvey Gibson on Oliver Cowdery (1892-04-12)
1892 — Elizabeth Ann Whitmer Cowdery on Oliver Cowdery (1887-03-08)
1884 — David Whitmer on Oliver Cowdery, interview by James H. Hart (1884-03-10)
1881 — William Lang to Thomas Gregg on Oliver Cowdery (1881-11-05, disputed)
1880 — William Lang on Oliver Cowdery (1880)
1886 — Hiram Page on Oliver Cowdery's death (1850-03-20)
1849 — Oliver Cowdery to Samuel W. Richards (1849-01-13)
1848 — Oliver Cowdery to David Whitmer (1847-07-28)
1846 — Oliver Cowdery to Phineas Young (1846-03-23)
1837 — Oliver Cowdery, "Valedictory" (February 1837)
1851 — James J. Strang's 1851 edition of the Book of the Law of the Lord identifying the witnesses to the Brass Plates.
1834 — Oliver Cowdery to W. W. Phelps, Letter I (1834-09-07)
1831 — Palmyra Reflector on Oliver Cowdery (1831-02-14)
1830 — Painesville Telegraph on Oliver Cowdery (1830-12-07)
1845 — Mr. Huzzy — Lucy Mack Smith
1884 — Sarah M. Kimball says Moroni appeared to her father and bore testimony of the BoM.
1851 — Orsamus Turner depicts Martin Harris as sincere and honest but superstitious.
1867 — Pomeroy Tucker reports that Martin Harris had used the phraseology "seeing with the spiritual eyes."
1877 — John D. Lee recounts conversation with Luke Johnson, claims Johnsons was a "witness" of the BOM and signed a statement saying he say an angel and the plates.
1854 — Ford claims 8 witnesses were self-deluded; never saw any plates.
1845 — Doctor Mcintyre — Lucy Mack Smith
1845 — Deacon Jessup — Lucy Mack Smith
1883 — _The Encyclopædia Britannica_claims the witnesses denied their testimony later in life.
1845 — Willard Chase — Lucy Mack Smith
1845 — Lucy Mack Smith on the Three Witnesses returning after their vision
1907 — Philander Page on Oliver Cowdery's deathbed (1907)
1881 — George Q. Cannon on Oliver Cowdery (1881)
1876 — John Whitmer to Mark Forscutt on Oliver Cowdery (1876)
1858 — Thomas B. Marsh on Oliver Cowdery (1857-11)
1845 — Mary Whitmer shown the plates by the messenger (milking-the-cows narrative)
1845 — Luman Walters — Lucy Mack Smith
1845 — Lucy Mack Smith
1883 — William Smith reports handling the gold plates as they were wrapped in a pillow-case.
1838 — Joseph Smith 1838 History describing the experience of the Three Witnesses.
1845 — Lucy Mack Smith
1845 — Lucy Mack Smith
1866 — Noble's reminiscence of mob trying to steal the plates.
1828 — Revelation, July 1828 (D&C 3)
Doctrine and Covenants 3
1829 — Revelation, spring 1829 (D&C 10)
Doctrine and Covenants 10
1829 — Printer’s Manuscript: the missing Book of Benjamin
Printer’s Manuscript
1829 — Original Manuscript fragments
Original Manuscript
1829 — Revelation, March 1829 (D&C 5)
Doctrine and Covenants 5
1901 — John C. Whitmer recalls experience of his grandmother, Mary Musselman Whitmer, seeing the plates.
1875 — Smith records Whitmer reaffirming his testimony and those of the other witnesses.
1829 — “Just about in this particular region”
Wayne Sentinel
1829 — From the Golden Bible. Chronicles–Chapter 1
Paul Pry's Weekly Bulletin
1829 — Moroni prophecies of the Three Witnesses in the Book of Ether.
1845 — Mr. Grandin — Lucy Mack Smith
1829 — Three Witnesses Testimony statement in the Book of Mormon Printer's Manuscript.
1829 — “The building of the TEMPLE OF NEPHI”
Palmyra Freeman
1829 — For Paul Pry's Weekly Bulletin
Paul Pry’s Weekly Bulletin
1829 — From the Golden Bible. Chronicles: Chapter III
Paul Pry's Weekly Bulletin
1829 — Martin Harris is described as being an "honest" and "industrous" farmer.
1829 — Chronicles: Chap. I
Paul Pry's Weekly Bulletin
1829 — Golden Bible
Rochester Advertiser and Daily Telegraph
1829 — Martin Harris — Jonathan A. Hadley
1829 — “The Gold Bible”
Palmyra Reflector
1829 — Golden Bible
The Gem
1829 — “The Book of Mormon”
Palmyra Reflector
1829 — “We understand that the Anti-Masons have declared war”
Palmyra Reflector
1829 — Our Own Affairs
Palmyra Reflector
1829 — “An Extract.”
Palmyra Reflector
1829 — “The "Gold Bible"”
Palmyra Reflector
1829 — “The "New-Jerusalem Reflector" states”
Palmyra Reflector
1829 — Oliver Cowdery, in a letter to C. C. Blatchley, reports that the plates were "laid before" the witnesses by an angel.
1829 — Gold Bible
Palmyra Reflector
1829 — “Gold Bible”
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — Samuel H. Smith — Phineas Young
1830 — The 1830 titlepage of the Book of Mormon states it was interpreted by the power of God.
1830 — Preface to the First Edition
1830 — Gold Bible
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — From the Book of Mormon
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — The Biter bit–Or, Anti-Masonic Wit outwitted
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — Gold Bible
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — From the " Book of Mormon
Gold Bible
1830 — Joseph enters agreement to let Martin Harris sell copies of the BOM.
1830 — Extract from the Book of Alma
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — C.C. Blatchley claims that Joseph and the 3 Witnesses informed him that the world must take their word for the existence of the plates.
1830 — Caution Against the Golden Bible
New-York Telescope
1830 — Diabolical
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — Preface to the 1830 Book of Mormon
Book of Mormon (1830)
1830 — “Reply to Luther Howard”
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — “We are requested to announce”
Wayne Sentinel
1830 — “The above work”
Wayne Sentinel
1831 — David Marks reports meeting the BOM witnesses in 1830, who affirmed they had seen an angel and the plates.
1830 — “Letter to the editor, March 1830”
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — A New Way of Raising the Wind
Rochester Republican
1830 — “The Book of Mormon”
Morning Courier
1845 — John P. Green — Lucy Mack Smith
1830 — Blasphemy—Book of Mormon, alias the Golden Bible
Rochester Daily Advertiser
1830 — “Mr. Editor”
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — The Book of Mormon, or Golden Bible
Village Chronicle
1830 — “We are informed”
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — When ignorance is bliss
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — Imposition and Blasphemy!!—Moneydiggers, Etc
The Gem
1830 — “The apostle to the Nephites (Cowdery)”
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — “A fellow by the name of Joseph Smith”
Wayne County Inquirer
1830 — The Book of Pukei–Chap. 1
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — “Our citizens”
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — “A hungry lean-faced villain”
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — “Exemption from taxation.”
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — Book of Pukei–Chap. 2
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — Book of Daniel
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — Book of Daniel—Chap. 2
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — The First Book of John
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — “Every thing in this world”
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — “The Palmyra Sentinel”
The Countryman
1830 — The Marion Monk
Palmyra Reflector
1882 — Philo Dibble recounts hearing Oliver Cowdery preach that he saw an angel.
1830 — Ashbel Kitchell records conversation with Oliver Cowdery, who claimed to have seen an angel.
1830 — Painesville (Ohio) Telegraph reports that Oliver Cowdery claims he has seen angels.
1830 — The Golden Bible
Painesville Telegraph
1830 — Observer and Telegraph reporter mentions the Three Witnesses and reports on LDS missionary activity in Ohio.
1830 — The Golden Bible, or, Campbellism Improved
Observer and Telegraph
1830 — The Golden Bible
Observer and Telegraph
1830 — “Letter to the editor”
Brattleboro Messenger
1830 — “The Golden Bible.”
The Cleveland Herald
1830 — The Book of Mormon
Painesville Telegraph
1830 — The Golden Bible
Republican Advocate
1830 — “The manner in which”
Palmyra Reflector
1830 — The Book of Mormon
Painesville Telegraph
1830 — The New Bible
Buffalo Journal & General Advertiser
1830 — Beware of Impostors
Painesville Telegraph
1830 — Fanatics
Vermont Watchman and State Gazette
1830 — The Book of Gold
The Philadelphia Album
1830 — Delusion
The Jesuit or Catholic Sentinel
1830 — Book of Mormon
The Gem
1830 — “Book of Mormon”
Rochester Republican
1830 — “Letter to the Editor”
Observer and Telegraph
1831 — David Marks reports as hearing that only Joseph could translate the BOM.
1831 — The Life of David Marks
Marks, David, 1805-1845
1831 — “While gospel thunders”
Wayne Sentinel
1831 — “A new religious sect”
Palmyra Reflector
1831 — Gold Bible “No. 1”
Palmyra Reflector
1831 — “Mr. Editor–”
Palmyra Reflector
1831 — William W. Phelps relates to E. D. Howe that Martin Harris was bearing testimony of the BOM.
1831 — Gold Bible, No. 2
Palmyra Reflector
1831 — “Mormonism”
Painesville Telegraph
1831 — Book of Mormon.–
The Enquirer
1831 — The Golden Bible, or the Book of Mormon
Republican Advocate
1831 — Gold Bible, no. 3
Palmyra Reflector
1831 — “Letter to the editor”
Palmyra Reflector
1831 — “A friend in Chagrin, Ohio”
Evangelical Magazine
1831 — Delusions
Millennial Harbinger
1831 — Alexander Campbell accuses the Book of Mormon witnesses of being dishonest.
1831 — Book of Mormon
Palmyra Reflector
1831 — Gold Bible, No. 4
Palmyra Reflector
1831 — The Mormon Challenge
Painesville Telegraph
1831 — Mormonism
Painesville Telegraph
1831 — Gold Bible, No. 5
Palmyra Reflector
1831 — “We have received”
Painesville Telegraph
1831 — “Mr. Howe”
Painesville Telegraph
1831 — Something New.–The Golden Bible
Evangelical Inquirer
1831 — Joseph Smith translation/revelation of Moses 1; Moses says he beheld God with his "spiritual" eyes.
1831 — Mormonism
Palmyra Reflector
1831 — “Martin Harris”
Painesville Telegraph
1831 — E. D. Howe reports that Martin Harris was said to have handled the plates "by the power of God."
1831 — Gold Bible, No. 6
Palmyra Reflector
1831 — Eight Witnesses — Whitmar
1831 — Obadiah Dogberry reports that David Whitmer physically held and examined the plates.
1831 — “We have received the following letter”
Painesville Telegraph
1831 — “Our neighbor-in-law”
Painesville Telegraph
1831 — Antimasonic Religion
Ohio Star
1831 — “The Gold Bible Fever”
Painesville Telegraph
1831 — Mormonites
Evangelical Magazine
1831 — Mormonites
Working Man’s Advocate
1831 — The Mormonites
The Village Chronicle
1831 — A New Excitement–Mormonism versus Anti-masonry
Morning Courier
1831 — “Several families”
Wayne Sentinel
1831 — “Mr. Alexamber (sic.) Campbell”
Painesville Telegraph
1831 — The Mormonites
Geauga Gazette
1831 — Mormonism
Niles’ Weekly Register
1831 — Mormonites
Republican Advocate
1831 — Authenticity of the Golden Bible—References to the Book of Mormon
Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877
1831 — William McLellin records in journal hearing David Whitmer bear testimony that he saw an angel.
1831 — Mormonism
Atkinson’s Saturday Evening Post
1831 — “It will be recollected by all”
Geauga Gazette
1831 — “Letter to the editor”
Universalist Watchman
1831 — “Mormonism is spreading faster”
Wayne Sentinel
1831 — Mormonism–Religious Fanaticism–Church and State Party
Morning Courier
1831 — The Mormon Delusion
Baptist Chronicle and Literary Register
1831 — Mormon religion
Morning Courier
1831 — William McLellin reports hearing Hyrum Smith bear testimony of the Book of Mormon.
1831 — William Owen reports that ten witnesses handled the plates.
1831 — Mormon Bible
Free Enquirer
1831 — A Comparison
Free Enquirer
1831 — Mormonism
Dayton Journal and Advertiser
1831 — Book of Mormon
The Christian Watchman
1831 — Mormonites
Trumpet and Universalist Magazine
1831 — Ezra Booth says he heard the Three Witnesses preach their testimony in public; says they saw the plates by "faith or imagination."
1831 — Church conference in Orange, Ohio
1831 — Mormonism–No. III
Ohio Star
1831 — November 1831 conferences
1831 — Mormonism–No. VI
Ohio Star
1831 — The Mormonites
Christian Intelligencer
1831 — Mormonism
Ohio Star
1831 — Mormonism–No. VII
The Ohio Star
1831 — The Mormonites
Baptist Chronicle and Literary Register
1831 — Mormonism
The Herald of Truth
1831 — Mormonism–Nos. VIII-IX
Ohio Star
1831 — William McLellin records preaching with Samuel Harrison Smith; mentions that Samuel bore testimony of the BoM.
1831 — Peter Whitmer, Jr. records that Joseph Smith received a revelation and that Peter preached from the Book of Mormon.
1831 — To the Public
Ohio Star
1831 — Mormonism–Nos. XIII-IX
Ohio Star
1831 — “Sidney Rigdon”
Painesville Telegraph
1831 — “Mr. Editor.”
Ohio Star
1832 — Joseph writes how the Anthon incident reinforced the idea that JS needed to use the spectacles to translate the BOM.
1832 — Vicissitudes Illustrated
Towle, Nancy
1832 — To the Public
Ohio Star
1832 — Mormonism
Cherokee Phoenix
1832 — “Mr. Booth”
Ohio Star
1832 — Mormonism
Fredonia Censor
1832 — Changes of Mormonism
Evangelical Magazine
1883 — Daniel Tyler recalls hearing Samuel Harrison Smith bear his testimony of the BoM.
1832 — The Orators of Mormon
Catholic Telegraph
1832 — Selected
The Evening and the Morning Star
1832 — “From the Book of Mormon”
The Evening and the Morning Star
1832 — The Book of Mormon
The Evening and the Morning Star
1832 — Mormonism
The Standard
1832 — Mormonism
Painesville Telegraph
1832 — Hosea Chapter III
The Evening and the Morning Star
1832 — Book of Ether
The Evening and the Morning Star
1832 — The Book of Ether
The Evening and the Morning Star
1832 — Mormonism
Working Man’s Advocate
1832 — The Book of Jacob
The Evening and the Morning Star
1832 — Signs of the Times
The Evening and the Morning Star
1832 — The Far West
The Evening and the Morning Star
1832 — The Book of Moroni
The Evening and the Morning Star
1832 — The Ten Tribes
The Evening and the Morning Star
1832 — Mormonism
Boston Recorder
1832 — The Tribe of Joseph
The Evening and the Morning Star
1832 — Josiah Stowell reports having caught a glimpse of the plates.
1832 — Mormonism
Morning Star
1832 — The Resurrection of the Just
The Evening and the Morning Star
1832 — The Jews
The Evening and the Morning Star
1832 — The Indians
The Evening and the Morning Star
1832 — Mormonism
Morning Star
1833 — Joseph receives revelation (now D&C 3) over lost pages/translation; God's plans will prevail in spite of errancy of men.
1833 — Mother Goose's Title Page
Mother Goose's Melodies
1833 — Joseph recorded a revelation that promised Oliver Cowdery the ability to translate if he was faithful.
1833 — Men and Manners in America
Men and Manners in America
1833 — Thomas Hamilton said that Joseph used the spectacles to translate the BOM.
1833 — American Antiquities
American Antiquities
1833 — The Book of Mormon
The Evening and the Morning Star
1833 — Some of Mormon's Teaching
The Evening and the Morning Star
1833 — Letter to Noah C. Saxton
1833 — Discovery of Ancient Ruins in Central America
The Evening and the Morning Star
1833 — New Hymns
The Evening and the Morning Star
1833 — Mormonism
American Revivalist and Rochester
1833 — The Times
The Evening and the Morning Star
1833 — Extract, &c
The Evening and the Morning Star
1833 — “In my last communication”
Morning Star
1833 — Mormonism
Christian Advocate and Journal
1833 — Baptism, &c
The Evening and the Morning Star
1833 — The Gospel
The Evening and the Morning Star
1833 — Rise and Progress of the Church of Christ
The Evening and the Morning Star
1833 — From the Book of Ether
The Evening and the Morning Star
1833 — The Mormonites
Ohio Eagle
1833 — Mormonites
Gospel Luminary
1848 — Harrison Burgess records his vision of an angel showing him the BOM plates.
1833 — Good Proof
The Evening and the Morning Star
1833 — The Book of Mormon
The Evening and the Morning Star
1833 — The Second Coming of the Savior, No. II
The Evening and the Morning Star
1833 — Great Events
The Evening and the Morning Star
1833 — Mormoism “sic”
Painesville Telegraph
1833 — The Book of Mormon
The Evening and the Morning Star
1833 — A Bee Story
The Evening and the Morning Star
1839 — John P. Greene relates incident where David Whitmer was threatened by a mob if he didn't deny the Book of Mormon; says Whitmer refused to deny his testimony.
1833 — Regulating the Mormonites
Niles’ Register
1833 — Unnamed LDS in Missouri writes letter to Oliver Cowdery, reports that Hiram Page was attacked by a mob.
1833 — John Corrill reports that Christian Whitmer was persecuted by a mob in Missouri.
1833 — The Mormon Mystery Developed
Wayne Sentinel
1834 — Chapter 4
Mormonism Unvailed
1834 — Mormonism Unvailed, chapter 18
Mormonism Unvailed
1834 — Chapter 5
Mormonism Unvailed
1834 — Chapter 9
Mormonism Unvailed
1834 — Chapter 3
Mormonism Unvailed
1834 — Joseph Smith — Isaac Hale
1834 — Chapter 6
Mormonism Unvailed
1834 — Chapter 2
Mormonism Unvailed
1834 — Mormonism Unvailed, chapter 19
Mormonism Unvailed
1834 — Isaac Hale describes Joseph as using the stone in the hat while translating the BOM.
1834 — W.W. Phelps recounts that Harris declared that Joseph used silver spectacles to translate the BOM.
1834 — Mormonism Unvailed, chapter 17
Mormonism Unvailed
1834 — Chapter 8
Mormonism Unvailed
1834 — Chapter 1
Mormonism Unvailed
1834 — Mormonism Unvailed, front matter
Mormonism Unvailed
1834 — Chapter 7
Mormonism Unvailed
1834 — Mormonism
Protestant Episcopalian
1834 — Moroni's Lamentation
The Evening and the Morning Star
1834 — Notices of Books: The Book of Mormon
The Unitarian
1834 — Origin of the Mormons
Christian Watchman
1834 — To the Public
Painesville Telegraph
1834 — Isaac Hale recounts meeting Martin Harris in Harmony, PA, and of Martin wanting a "greater witness" of the plates.
1834 — “Considerable excitement”
The Evening and the Morning Star
1834 — Signs of the Times
Millennial Harbinger
1834 — “The following is taken from”
The Evening and the Morning Star
1834 — Interview with the Mormon Prophet
Evangelical Magazine
1834 — Mormon Trial
Chardon Spectator and Geauga Gazette
1834 — Church conference in Norton, Ohio
1834 — Mormonism
Susquehanna Register
1834 — The Mormon Book
Michigan Sentinel
1834 — Zion's Camp Zelph account
1834 — Letter to Emma Smith
1834 — Mormonism
Protestant Sentinel
1834 — “Joseph Smith to Oliver Cowdery”
The Evening and the Morning Star
1893 — Edward Stevenson recalls hearing the Three Witnesses bear testimony of the BOM.
1834 — “Eli Gilbert to Oliver Cowdery”
Messenger and Advocate
1834 — “Oliver Cowdery to W. W. Phelps”
Messenger and Advocate
1834 — Letter II
Messenger and Advocate
1834 — Mormonism Unvailed
Painesville Telegraph
1834 — E. D. Howe reports that Martin Harris had a reputation for honesty among his neighbors.
1834 — Letter III
Messenger and Advocate
1834 — “Brother O. Cowdery:”
Messenger and Advocate
1834 — Mormonism
Christian Register
1835 — John Whitmer — Oliver Cowdery
1836 — Christian Whitmer and Peter Whitmer, Jr. — Oliver Cowdery
1835 — Hymn 16. P. M. “An angel came down”
1835 Hymn Book
1835 — Lectures on Faith, Lecture 2, §55
1835 — J. Newton Brown writes an encyclopedia entry where he describes Joseph as being a glass-looker and this contributing to the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.
1835 — Two Years' Residence in the New Settlements of Ohio
Griffiths, D., Jun.
1835 — Journal of a Residence and Tour in the United States of North America
Abdy, E. S. (Edward Strutt), 1791-1846
1835 — Hymn 63. P. M. “O stop and tell me, Red Man”
1835 Hymn Book
1835 —
References to the Book of Mormon
1835 — Millennium
Parley P. Pratt
1835 — Hymn 26. P. M. “Now we'll sing with one accord”
1835 Hymn Book
1835 — Hymn 72. L. M. “Before this earth from chaos sprung”
1835 Hymn Book
1835 — American Antiquities
American Antiquities
1835 — Mormonites
Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge
1835 — “Communication from Edward Partridge”
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — Mormonism Unveiled
Millennial Harbinger
1835 — Letter IV
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — Letter No. 4
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — A Summary
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — The "Northern Times."
Chardon Spectator
1835 — Delusion
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — Letter V
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — Trouble in the West
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — Letter VI
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — Letter No. 6
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — Statistics–Mormonism
Evangelical Magazine
1835 — Mormonism
New York Weekly Messenger
1835 — For the Messenger and Advocate
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — Letter No. 7
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — Letter No. 8
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — Cowdery reports Whitmer's testimony of handling the plates.
1835 — The Mormon Angel
Evangelical Magazine
1835 — Slanderous
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — Letter VII
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — Letter No. 9
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — Mormonism and Christianity
Temple of Reason
1835 — Letter No. 10
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — Complaints of a Mormonite
Evangelical Magazine
1835 — Universalism in Ohio
Evangelical Magazine
1835 — The Record of the Nephites
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — Letter No. 11
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — Letter VIII
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — Letter No. 12
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — Latter Day Saints
Western Christian Advocate
1835 — Thou Shalt Not Lie
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — To the Elders of the Church of the Latter Day Saints
Messenger and Advocate
1835 — Letter to the Elders of the Church
1835 — Ancient and Modern Mormonism
Western Examiner
1836 — Christian Whitmer — Oliver Cowdery
1836 — The Religious Creeds and Statistics
Hayward, John
1835 — David Whitmer
1836 — John Whitmer — John Whitmer
1836 — Memoir of the Rev. Samuel Green
Memoir of the Rev. Samuel Green
1836 — Beware of Delusion!
Messenger and Advocate
1836 — The Indians
Messenger and Advocate
1836 — “Brother Badger”
Christian Palladium
1836 — “The following communications”
Messenger and Advocate
1836 — “Mr. O. Barr”
Messenger and Advocate
1836 — Address
Messenger and Advocate
1836 — “Mr. Sidney Rigdon,”
Messenger and Advocate
1836 — Kirtland Temple priesthood leadership meeting
1836 — Whitmer testifies of having handled the plates.
1836 — “Letter to the editor”
Messenger and Advocate
1836 — “Bro. Leavitt–”
New York Evangelist
1836 — “Dear brother Cowdery;”
Messenger and Advocate
1836 — “Br. O. Cowdery”
Messenger and Advocate
1836 — “President Rigdon:”
Messenger and Advocate
1836 — “Elder O. Barr”
Messenger and Advocate
1836 — “Mr. O. Barr”
Messenger and Advocate
1836 — The Mormons
Wayne Sentinel
1836 — Inspiration of the Scriptures
Millennial Harbinger
1836 — Mormonism–Its History
Philadelphia Mirror
1836 — Mormonism
Cincinnati Journal and Western Luminary
1836 — History of Mormanism
The Ohio Repository
1836 — Origin of the Mormon Bible
Trumpet and Universalist Magazine
1836 — “Dear Sir:”
Messenger and Advocate
1836 — What is Truth? “Mormonism–No.1”
Christian Palladium
1836 — Joe Smith-ism, alias Mormonism
Christian Palladium
1836 — This wisdom descendeth not from above. “Mormonism–No. 2”
Christian Palladium
1836 — Mormonism
Christian Register
1836 — Cowdery reports that Christian Whitmer and Peter Whitmer Jr. maintained their testimonies of the BOM.
1837 — A Gazeteer of Illinois
A Gazetteer of Illinois
1837 — John Whitmer — John Whitmer
1837 — Gazetteer of the State of Missouri
Gazetteer of the State of Missouri
1837 — A Voice of Warning and Instruction to All People
Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857
1837 — Alphonso Wetmore writes that Joseph's translation was a farce done with marble spectacles strapped to his head with leather in a closet.
1837 — A Few Interesting Facts
West, William S.
1837 — Persecution
Messenger and Advocate
1837 — Evidences of the Book of Mormon
Messenger and Advocate
1837 — Mormonism
Trumpet and Universalist Magazine
1837 — Mormonism–No. iii
Christian Palladium
1837 — Sketches of a Traveller.–No. 25
Missouri Republican
1837 — Mormonism: Scene in a Stage Coach
Christian Watchman
1837 — The Golden Bible
Painesville Telegraph
1837 — “To Sidney Rigdon–Letter no. 2.”
Painesville Telegraph
1837 — Sketches of a Traveller.–No. 23
Missouri Republican
1837 — Mormonites
Christian Review
1837 — Mormonia–Mormon Town
Daily National
1837 — “Bro. W. A. Cowdery:”
Barns, Lorenzo
1837 — Mormon Defence
Christian Palladium
1837 — The Mormon Defence refuted “Mormonism, no. 4”
Christian
1837 — “Dear Brother,”
Elder’s Journal
1837 — Mormon Defence.–No. II
Christian Palladium
1837 — Author of the Book of Mormon
Zion’s Advocate
1838 — Humbugs of New York
Reese, David Meredith
1838 — Mormonism Unveiled
Mormonism Unvailed
1838 — Poems by Josiah D. Canning
Poems by Josiah D. Canning
1838 — An Antidote to Mormonism
James, M'Chesney
1838 — Mormonism Exposed Internally and Externally
Bacheler, Origen
1838 — An Exposure of Mormonism
Livesey, Richard
1838 — Mormonism Exposed
Mormonism Exposed
1838 — Hyrum Smith — Sally Bradford Parker
1838 — Account of Moroni's first visit
1838 — Joseph describes the end of translating and the copyright deals with publishers.
1838 — Mormonism in America
The Christian Witness
1838 — John Smith reports to George A. Smith that Martin Harris was "cut off" from the Church in December 1837 in Kirtland.
1838 — Mormonism
Zion’s Watchman
1838 — Mormonism–No. V
The Christian Palladium
1838 — Mormonism
Zion’s Watchman
1838 — Mormonism
Zion’s Watchman
1838 — Mormonism
Zion’s Watchman
1838 — Mormonism
Zion’s Watchman
1838 — Mormonism
Zion’s Watchman
1838 — Mormonism
Zion’s Watchman
1838 — Mormonism
Zion’s Watchman
1838 — Missouri High Council excommunicates John Whitmer.
1838 — Warren Parrish says Martin Harris told him he saw the plates "in vision" and not with "natural eyes."
1838 — George A. Smith reports that Martin Harris bore testimony of the Book of Mormon to a group of Kirtland dissidents.
1838 — High Council in Zion (Missouri) excommunicates Oliver Cowdery.
1838 — David Whitmer is excommunicated by the Missouri High Council.
1838 — Martin Harris — Stephen Burnett
1838 — Burnett's letter claims witnesses confessed to not seeing the plates.
1838 — Mormonism Exposed and Refuted
Universalist Union
1838 — To the Saints scattered abroad
Elders’ Journal
1838 — To the Saints scattered abroad
1838 — Editorial in the Elders’ Journal
1838 — “In obedience to our promise”
Elders’ Journal
1838 — Argument to argument where to find it
Elders’ Journal
1838 — Parrish claims Harris says he only saw plates in vision.
1838 — Sally Bradford Parker recounts Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith bearing testimony of handling the plates.
1838 — Mormonism
The Evangelist
1838 — Review of Parley P. Pratt, A Voice of Warning
A Voice of Warning
1838 — Mormonism
Supplement to the Connecticut Courant
1839 — Joseph Smith’s history says Oliver Cowdery began work as his scribe on April 7, 1829.
1839 — Supplement to an Antidote to Mormonism, &c
M'Chesney, James
1839 — A Lecture on Mormonism
A Lecture on Mormonism
1839 — America, and the American Church
Caswall, Henry, 1810-1870
1839 — A Brief History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Corrill, John, b. 1794
1839 — Statement on the Book of Mormon title page
1839 — Mulholland records the account of the BOM translation; Joseph used instruments he called U&T.
1839 — John Corrill describes how Martin Harris took characters to NY to be translated, but that Joseph translated the BOM using two stones set in a box.
1839 — James M'Chesney writes that Joseph found a book hidden in the woods and uses an enchanted stone to translate it.
1839 — “How a Mormon Preacher tried to walk”
Livingston Register
1839 — John Whitmer — Theodore Turley
1839 — John Whitmer informs Theodore Turley that the plates was shown to him "by a supernatural power" and that he handled the plates and "there was fine engravings on both sides."
1839 — Mormonism
Boston Recorder
1839 — The Mormon Bible
Christian Register and Boston Observer
1839 — For the Register and Observer
Christian Register and Boston Observer
1839 — The Mormon Bible
Trumpet and Universalist Magazine
1839 — The Mormons
Alton Telegraph
1839 — Origin of Mormonism
Atkinson’s Evening Post
1839 — Joseph describes plates as "gold plates."
1839 — The Mormon Bible
Millennial Harbinger
1839 — More about the Mormon Bible
Alton Telegraph
1839 — The Mormons
Evangelical Magazine
1839 — “Commerce. May 27th, 1839”
Quincy Whig
1839 — Mormonism
D., B.
1839 — “June, 13, 1839”
Quincy Whig
1839 — The Mormon Bible
The Evangelist
1839 — Discourse at Montrose, Iowa
1839 — The Mormons
Peoria Register and
1839 — The Mormons
Evangelical Magazine
1839 — Joseph's 1838/39 history describing the experience of the Three Witnesses.
1839 — The Mormons
Evangelical Magazine
1839 — A Cunning Device Detected
Quincy Whig
1839 — Smith reaffirms his testimony after enduring persecution.
1839 — “Dear Brethren”
Times and Seasons
1840 — Truth Defended and Methodism Weighed in the Balance and Found Wanting
Taylor, John, 1808-1887
1840 — Haining reports that Joseph was directed to find the place where the plates were and to translate those by the the biblical Aaron's U&T.
1840 — Orson Pratt references use of Urim and Thummim in the translation process.
1840 — A Little Talk
Bedford: W. White
1840 — Mormonism Weighed in the Balances of the Sanctuary
Haining, Samuel
1840 — W. White provides description of the translation from characters engraved in Egyptian by Urim and Thummim.
1840 — Lecture Delivered by Rev. H. Perkins
Winchester, Benjamin
1840 — Calumny Refuted and the Truth Defended
Taylor, John, 1808-1887
1840 — Remarkable Visions and Ancient American Records
Pratt, Orson, 1811-1881
1840 — Mormonism Unmasked
Philanthropist of Chester County
1840 — A Second Warning from a Minister to his Flock
Morrish, W. J., b. 1808
1840 — A Few Remarks by Way of Reply to an Anonymous Scribbler
Bennett, S.
1840 — Plain Facts
Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857
1840 — A Reply to Mr. Thomas Taylor's "Complete Failure
Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857
1840 — Martin Harris — Orson Pratt
1840 — An Answer to Some False Statements
Taylor, John, 1808-1887
1840 — A Letter to Those Who Have Attended Mormonite Preaching
J. B. Bateman
1840 — The Origin of the Spaulding Story
Winchester, B.
1840 — A Few Words of Warning from a Minister to his Flock
Morrish, W. J., b. 1808
1840 — Martin Harris — Parley P. Pratt
1840 — The Mormonites
Times and Seasons
1840 — Opposition to the Book of Mormon
Millennial Star
1840 — Washington, DC public meeting
1840 — Washington, DC public meeting
1840 — “Bro's Smith & Robinson”
Times and Seasons
1840 — To the Citizens of Washington
Times and Seasons
1840 — For the Christian Advocate and Journal
Christian Advocate and Journal
1840 — The Mobbing Spirit of Missouri Rekindling in Illinois
Illinois Register
1840 — “Messrs. Robinson and Smith”
Gee, George W.
1840 — The Mormons
Religious Herald
1840 — Discovery of an Ancient Record in America
Millennial Star
1840 — Books
Times and Seasons
1840 — Interesting Discoveries
Millennial Star
1840 — John A. Clark reports how a "gentleman in Palmyra" was informed by Martin Harris that he saw the plates "with the eye of faith."
1840 — Letter to the Saints
1840 — Antiquities of America
Millennial Star
1840 — Gleanings by the Way. No. VI
Episcopal Recorder
1840 — Gleanings by the Way. No. VII
Episcopal Recorder
1840 — The Mormons
Episcopal Recorder
1840 — Mormonism
Christian Watchman
1840 — Gleanings by the Way. No. VIII
Episcopal Recorder
1840 — Funeral elegy for Joseph Smith Sr. identifies him as still faithful at time of death.
1840 — Gleanings by the Way. No. IX
Episcopal Recorder
1840 — Gleanings by the Way No. x
Episcopal Recorder
1840 — Public Discussion on the Isle of Man
Millennial Star
1840 — Elder John Taylor's Reply to Mr. J. Curran
Millennial Star
1840 — The Latter-day Saints
Millennial Star
1840 — A New Sect
Leeds Times
1840 — Elder J. Taylor's Closing Reply to Mr. Curran
Millennial Star
1840 — The Book of Mormon
The New-Yorker
1840 — E. Snow’s Reply to the “Self-Styled Philanthropist
Erastus Snow
1841 — A Theological Dictionary
Buck, Charles, 1771-1815
1841 — Evidences in Proof of the Book of Mormon
Thompson, Charles Blancher, b. 1814
1841 — “Index to the 1841 printing of the Book of Mormon”
1841 Book of Mormon Index
1841 — Travels in the Great Western Prairies
Farnham, Thomas Jefferson (1804-1848)
1841 — Mormon Fanaticism Exposed
Parsons, Tyler, 1875 or 6-1853
1841 — The History and Antiquities of New England
Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885
1841 — A Few Plain Facts
A Few Plain Facts
1841 — The Mormons, or, Knavery Exposed
Lee, E. G.
1841 — Mormonism Dissected
One Who Hates Imposture
1841 — A Few Remarks in Reply to an Anonymous Scribbler
Moses, Julian
1841 — Evidences in Proof of the Book of Mormon
Evidence in Proof of the Book of Mormon
1841 — Mormon Bible–No. 1
The Evangelist
1841 — Mr. Samuel Haining’s Unjust Balances
Millennial Star
1841 — Book of Mormon
Millennial Star
1841 — No. 1. Despise Not Prophesyings
Times and Seasons
1841 — Mormon Bible.–No. II
The Evangelist
1841 — The Object of a Continuation of Revelation
The Gospel
1841 — Letters About the West
Times and Seasons
1841 — To the Editor of the Star
Millennial Star
1841 — To the Editor of the Star
Millennial Star
1841 — Mormon Bible.–No. III
The Evangelist
1841 — The Object of a Continuation of Revelation
The Gospel
1841 — “In the 20th”
Times and Seasons
1841 — “Messrs. Smith & Robinson”
William R. Vance
1841 — The Claims of the Book of Mormon Established
The Gospel Reflector
1841 — Difference Between the Baptists & Latter-day Saints
Millennial Star
1841 — The Location of Zion or the New Jerusalem
The Gospel
1841 — Mormonism, or Knavery Exposed
Western Recorder
1841 — Reply to the Athenaeum
Millennial Star
1841 — Mormon Bible.–No. IV
The Evangelist
1841 — Mormonism (from the Scotsman)
The Scotsman
1841 — Mormon Bible.–No. V
The Evangelist
1841 — American Antiquities–More Proofs of the Book of Mormon
Times and Seasons
1841 — Martin Harris, The Mormon
Rochester Daily Democrat
1841 — “Martin Harris”
Painesville Telegraph
1841 — The Book of Mormon and the Mormonites
1841 — Sectarian Folly and Wickedness Made Manifest
Millennial Star
1841 — Reply to Mr. J. B. Rollo's "Mormonism Exposed."
Millennial Star
1841 — Reply to the Preston Chronicle
Millennial Star
1841 — Dialogue on Mormonism
Times and Seasons
1841 — Present Condition and Prospects of the American Indians
Millennial Star
1841 — Joel H. Johnson poetically says Oliver Cowdery "denied" the Book of Mormon.
1841 — Dialogue on Mormonism. No II
Times and Seasons
1841 — A Translation
Warsaw Signal
1841 — Extraordinary Imposition of the “Latter Day Saints”
Western Recorder
1841 — A Challenge
Warsaw Signal
1841 — “Letter on Mormonism 1”
Christian Advocate and Journal
1841 — “Letter on Mormonism 2”
Christian Advocate and Journal
1841 — “Mr. Editor”
Warsaw Signal
1841 — Origin and Present Condition of the Mormons
Christian
1841 — Fielding says sister Mary Fielding says her husband Hyrum handled the plates.
1841 — “Br. Robinson:”
Times and Seasons
1841 — “To the Editors of the Times & Seasons:”
Times and Seasons
1841 — Mormonism
Christian Register and Boston Observer
1841 — Mormonism
Christian Advocate and Journal
1841 — The Latter-day Saints
White, Joseph
1841 — An Address to the Citizens of Salem (Mass.) and Vicinity
Times and Seasons
1841 — An Address to the Citizens of Salem (Mass.) and Vicinity
Times and Seasons
1841 — A Letter to the Queen of England
Times and Seasons
1841 — Meeting of the Twelve
1841 — Wholesale Conversion of Methodists to Infidelity
Millennial Star
1841 — Prevalence of Mormonism
Christian Advocate and Journal
1841 — Discourse at Joseph Smith’s house
1841 — The Mormons
Auburn Journal and Advertiser
1841 — Mormons and Mormonism
Christian Register and Boston Observer
1841 — Anti-Mormon Almanac, for 1842
Anti-Mormon Almanac
1842 — The plates “contained in a chest, or ark”
Gleanings by the Way
1842 — Hypocrisy Exposed
Hardy, John
1842 — Henry Caswell reports Lucy Mack as describing Joseph translating the BOM through using the Urim and Thummim resembling two large diamonds in a pair of spectacles.
1842 — George Moore comments on BOM translation, gold plates, and hieroglyphics.
1842 — Doctrine of the Mormonites
Wertheimer & Company
1842 — Mormonism in All Ages
Turner, J. B. (Jonathan Baldwin), 1805-1898
1842 — The Eastern and Western States of America
The Eastern and Western States of America
1842 — Mormonism and the Mormons
Kidder, Daniel P.
1842 — An Index or Reference to the Second and Third Editions of the Book of Mormon
Crawford, Robert P.
1842 — A Letter Written by Professor Anthon
Gleanings By the Way
1842 — Letter from Elder Adams
Millennial Star
1842 — Evidences in Proof of the Book of Mormon
Times and Seasons
1842 — Extract
Times and Seasons
1842 — The Mormons
M., R. T.
1842 — Mormonism in Pittsburgh
The Evangelist
1842 — Ruins in Central America
Millennial Star
1842 — Martin Harris — Joseph Smith
1842 — Letter to John Wentworth
1842 — Church History
Times and Seasons
1842 — History of Mormonism
Southern Quarterly Review
1842 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1842 — The Mormons
Western Christian Advocate
1842 — A Short and Easy Method with the Mormonites
Anti-Socialist Gazette
1842 — A Catacomb of Mummies Found in Kentucky
Times and Seasons
1842 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1842 — Mormonism and Mesmerism
New York Herald
1842 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1842 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1842 — Mormonism–Some Curious Facts
Tucker, J. N. T.
1842 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1842 — “A new edition of the Book of Mormon”
Times and Seasons
1842 — Traits of the Mosaic History
Times and Seasons
1842 — Letter from Tennessee
Times and Seasons
1842 — Times and Seasons editorial
1842 — “In your paper of yesterday”
Morning Chronicle
1842 — To "A Disciple:"
Morning Chronicle
1842 — Mormonism, alias Truth
Morning Chronicle
1842 — “In the Book of Mormon, page 471”
Morning Chronicle
1842 — Mormonism alias, Truth
Morning Chronicle
1842 — “When we reflect on the great purposes of God”
Millennial Star
1842 — “President Smith–Dear Sir:”
Times and Seasons
1842 — “To A Disciple:”
Morning Chronicle
1842 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1842 — Mormonism Defended
Morning Chronicle
1842 — “Not feeling that I have any personal difference”
Morning Chronicle
1842 — “I have a few questions to ask Elder John E. Page:”
Morning Chronicle
1842 — Mormonism, alias Truth
Morning Chronicle
1842 — “Why, Elder Page”
Morning Chronicle
1842 — “Messrs. Editors:”
Morning Chronicle
1842 — “In the year 1829”
Morning Chronicle
1842 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1842 — American Antiquities
Times and Seasons
1842 — To "A Disciple."
Morning Chronicle
1842 — Mormonism–Concluded
Morning Chronicle
1842 — “I feel, Messrs. Editors,”
Morning Chronicle
1842 — John Whitmer — Theodore Turley
1842 — Extracts from the Weekly Bostonian
Millennial Star
1842 — Great Discussion between Dr. West and Elder Adams
Times and Seasons
1842 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1842 — From the Bostonian, July 2nd
Times and Seasons
1842 — Great Discussion between Dr. West and Elder Adams
Times and Seasons
1842 — Mission to England
Times and Seasons
1842 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1842 — “Mr. Editor,”
Weekly Bostonian
1842 — Adams's Lectures in Boston
Millennial Star
1842 — The Kingdom of God
Millennial Star
1842 — From the N. Y. Evangelist
Times and Seasons
1842 — Joseph records David Whitmer and Oliver Cowdery, and then later, Martin Harris, seeing the plates and the angel Moroni.
1842 — Books
Times and Seasons
1842 — Mormons, or “Latter Day Saints.”
Times and Seasons
1842 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1842 — “To the Editor”
Times and Seasons
1842 — Origin of Mormonism
Wayne County Whig
1842 — “Facts Are Stubborn Things.”
Times and Seasons
1842 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1842 — “Incidents of Travel in Central America.”
Times and Seasons
1842 — Zarahemla
Times and Seasons
1842 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1842 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1842 — Ruins Recently Discovered in Yucatan Mexico
Times and Seasons
1842 — Mormonism;
Daily Morning Post
1842 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1842 — Mormonism
Times and Seasons
1842 — Mormons, or Latter Day Saints
Times and Seasons
1842 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1843 — The Prophet of the Nineteenth Century
Caswall, Henry, 1810-1870
1843 — Mormonism Consistent! Truth Vindicated
Appleby, W. I. (William Ivins), 1811-1870
1843 — An Examination of the Principles of Mormonism
Wickersham, Amos H.
1843 — The City of the Mormons
Caswall, Henry, 1810-1870
1843 — A Pastoral Letter of Bishop Chase
Chase, Philander, 1775-1852
1843 — Mormonism and the Mormons
Methodist Quarterly Review
1843 — Letter of Orson Spencer
Times and Seasons
1843 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1843 — What Do the Mormons Believe
Times and Seasons
1843 — Caswall’s Prophet of the Nineteenth Century
Millennial Star
1843 — Hyrum Smith — Salem Advertiser and Argus
1843 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1843 — Ancient Records
Times and Seasons
1843 — “To the Editor of the Times & Seasons”
Times and Seasons
1843 — Singular Discovery–Material for Another Mormon Book
Times and Seasons
1843 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1843 — The Influence of the Principles of Truth
Times and Seasons
1843 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1843 — The Book of Mormon
The Perfectionist
1843 — “To the Editor of the Times & Seasons”
Times and Seasons
1843 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1843 — Newhall reports hearing Hyrum publicly testify of the Book of Mormon.
1843 — Remarks on the Mormon Expose
Millennial Harbinger
1843 — “Some of the papers”
Daily National Intelligencer
1843 — History of Joseph Smith
Times and Seasons
1843 — Stephens’ Works on Central America
Times and Seasons
1843 — Letter to James Arlington Bennet
1843 — Methodistic Candor and Consistency
Millennial Harbinger
1843 — Campbell mentions that Stowell handled the plates in letter to Joseph.
1844 — Book of Mormon Broadside–Notice of Publication
Book of Mormon Broadside
1844 — Joseph comments on translation process: he used the Urim and Thummim by the power of God.
1844 — James Hunt says that Joseph translated the BOM with "the big spectacles," the biblical Urim and Thummim, and by looking into his hat.
1844 — Robert Baird says that Joseph read off the translation to Martin Harris and Oliver Cowdery with a partition in the room.
1844 — William Appleby writes that Joseph found the Urim and Thummim with the plates of the BOM.
1844 — A Dissertation of Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
Appleby, W. I. (William Ivins), 1811-1870
1844 — Samuel H. Smith — John Taylor
1844 — Hyrum Smith — Angus M. Cannon
1844 — Hyrum Smith — Thomas Bullock
1844 — The History of Illinois
Brown, Henry, 1789-1849
1844 — Mormonism
Hunt, James H.
1844 — Religion in the United States of America
Baird, Robert
1844 — Light and Truth
Lewis, R. B. (Robert Benjamin)
1844 — History of All Christian Sects and Denominations
Evans, John, 1767-1827
1844 — A Lecture on the Authenticity & Scriptural Character of the Book of Mormon
Adams, George J. (George Jones), 1811-1880
1844 — The People’s Cabinet
Merrill, Joseph W.
1844 — Mormons
America and the American People
1844 — Commerce of the Prairies
Gregg, Josiah, 1806-1850
1844 — Lucy Smith offers account of BOM translation.
1844 — Mistakes Touching the Book of Mormon
Millennial Harbinger
1844 — Ancient Ruins
Times and Seasons
1844 — The Gathering
Times and Seasons
1844 — The Bible and the Book of Mormon.–A Prophecy!
Boston Investigator
1844 — The Gathering. (Continued.)
Times and Seasons
1844 — Mormonism
Trumpet
1844 — The Mormons
Boston Investigator
1844 — Some of the Remarks of John S. Reed
Times and Seasons
1844 — Taylor writes Smith remained a BOM witness until his death.
1844 — Joe Smith and the Devil
New York Herald
1844 — The Rise and Progress of the Mormon Faith and People
Southern Literary
1844 — The Rise and Ruin of the Sect of Mormon
The Congregational Magazine
1844 — Ancient Ruins
Times and Seasons
1845 — Eight Witnesses — Lucy Mack Smith
1845 — Jeremiah Cooper reports hearing Martin Harris bear testimony of the BOM.
1846 — Martin Harris — George Mantle
1847 — John Whitmer — John Whitmer
1847 — Joseph Knight recalls Joseph describing the plates and Urim & Thummim.
1847 — Joseph Knight said that Joseph used the Urim and Thummim in a hat to translate the plates.
1847 — Hiram Page — Hiram Page
1847 — Page reaffirms his testimony; defends BOM.
1848 — Strangite witnesses to the discovery of the Voree Plates describe their discovery.
1848 — Cowdery reaffirms his testimony at council meeting; saw and handled the plates.
1848 — Pottawattamie High Council minutes mentions Oliver Cowdery's rebaptism.
1850 — The record of Manasseh in the hands of Ephraim
Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon
1901 — Andrew Jenson, quoting relatives present at the event, describes Oliver Cowdery's dying testimony.
1850 — James W. Bay records meeting with Martin Harris; says Harris bore testimony of the BOM.
1851 — Orasmus Turner said that Joseph was separated from his scribes by a curtain and translated using "spectacles."
1851 — The provenance of the sword of Laban
A Proclamation from the Lord to His People
1851 — The Directors: a description of the Liahona
An Address to the Sons and Daughters of Zion
1852 — Information derived from the 116 pages
Zion’s Harbinger and Baneemy’s Organ
1853 — Lucy Mack Smith recollection of Joseph Smith's family recitals
1853 — Lucy Mack Smith — Self
1853 — Martin Harris — David B. Dille
1855 — Carthage Jail testimony
1855 — Brigham Young relates that Oliver Cowdery did not deny his testimony even after apostatizing.
1856 — The history of those that were lost: Muloch and the royal family
Provo Utah Stake General Minutes
1856 — Martin scribed for “near 200 pages”
Provo Utah Stake General Minutes
1888 — Jacob Whitmer — John C. Whitmer
1857 — David Whitmer — Thomas B. Marsh
1858 — Thomas B. Marsh
1858 — Samuel H. Smith — Phineas H. Young
1858 — Young reports that Samuel Smith affirms he is one of the BOM witnesses; calls it a revelation and translation.
1858 — Thomas Marsh recounts asking hearing David Whitmer and Oliver Cowdery reaffirm their testimonies in the Book of Mormonr.
1860 — Brigham recalls hearing Oliver Cowdery testify of the Book of Mormon.
1859 — Martin Harris — Joel Tiffany
1859 — Oliver Cowdery — Reuben Miller
1859 — Martin Harris on looking into the interpreters
Tiffany’s Monthly
1859 — Harris tells Tiffany that plates must have been lead or gold.
1859 — Harris affirms his testimony that he handled the plates.
1880 — W. W. Blair recounts hearing Martin Harris reaffirm his testimony in the BOM.
1861 — Jacob Gates records in personal journal conversation with John Whitmer, who affirmed his testimony of the BOM.
1922 — David H. Cannon recalls conversations with Martin Harris and David Whitmer in early 1860s where they both testified of the Book of Mormon.
1864 — Luke Johnson recalls hearing the Eleven Witnesses bear testimony of the Book of Mormon.
1864 — Luke Johnson recalls hearing the Eleven Witnesses bear testimony of the Book of Mormon.
1867 — Pomeroy Tucker relates that Joseph translated the BOM using the Urim and Thummim as well as having a sheet between him and the scribe.
1869 — David H. Bayes
1870 — Martin Harris — Daily Iowa State Register
1870 — William E. McLellan to my dear friends
1870 — Nephi’s quest for the record during “a great feast”
Historical Magazine
1870 — Fayette Lapham recalls interview with Joseph Smith, Sr. in 1830; says JS Sr. described the plates to him.
1870 — Lehi’s tabernacle in the wilderness
Historical Magazine
1870 — Finding the interpreters; the gold ball ceases
Historical Magazine
1870 — Martin Harris — Martin Harris
1870 — Newspaper report of a public discourse by Martin Harris, who is reported to have publicly reaffirmed his testimony in the Book of Mormon.
1870 — Martin Harris gives account of his experience as a BoM witness and affirms his wife hefted the plates.
1870 — Wilford Woodruff records Martin Harris's rebaptism.
1870 — Brigham Young says Oliver Cowdery never denied his testimony even after apostatizing.
1870 — _Deseret Evening News_reports that Martin Harris bore his testimony of the BOM at General Conference.
1870 — Martin Harris reaffirms his testimony as a BoM witness; says an angel showed him the plates.
1871 — William McLellin recounts an experience where God declared the truth of the translation to the BOM Witnesses.
1871 — William McLellin wrote that Joseph translated the leaves of the plates and 3 Witnesses still testify to truth of their experience with plates and angel.
1871 — Martin Harris — Martin Harris
1871 — William McLellin recalls Oliver Cowdery reaffirming testimony in the Book of Mormon while threatened by mob violence.
1872 — Henry Moon
1872 — Henry Moon recounts his interview with David Whitmer, who reaffirmed his testimony to Moon and John Lefler.
1874 — James Caffel
1888 — Anthony Metcalf recounts conversation with Martin Harris, who spoke of being in a trance or vision when he saw the plates.
1874 — Robert Aveson reports that Martin Harris testified to Edward Stevenson in 1874 of seeing "the plates and the inscriptions thereon."
1875 — William Homer records Harris testifying of BOM's divine translation.
1875 — Chicago Times
1875 — David Whitmer to unidentified gentleman
1875 — David Whitmer — David Whitmer
1875 — Brand reports that Whitmer reaffirmed published testimony.
1875 — John Whitmer — E. C. Brand
1875 — Whitmer reaffirms his testimony to Davis.
1875 — Martin Harris is reported to have told Ole A. Jensen that he saw the plates and the angel; voice of God told him that the translation was true.
1935 — William Pilkington writes letter explaining how he heard Martin Harris bear testimony of the BOM.
1875 — Ole A. Jensen interviews Martin Harris who reaffirms his experience as a BoM witness.
1922 — John Thompson recounts hearing Martin Harris affirm his testimony in the BOM.
1973 — Thompson family history reports that Mary Penelope Thompson saw Martin Harris bear testimony on his deathbed.
1875 — Obituary for Martin Harris mentions that he maintained his testimony to his dying day and was buried with a copy of the Book of Mormon.
1875 — Orson Pratt gives lengthy retelling of the experience of the Three Witnesses.
1875 — Martin Harris reaffirms his testimony of the BoM; says an angel showed him the plates.
1876 — Whitmer says he never heard any other witnesses recant their testimonies.
1876 — Charles Derry recalls hearing Martin Harris say he "put his name" to the witness statement in the BOM.
1876 — David Whitmer to Herman C. Smith
1876 — Whitmer reaffirms his printed testimony.
1877 — David Whitmer — Edward Stevenson
1877 — Non-LDS account of handling plates in a pillowcase.
1877 — The _Chenango Union_ publishes an account by his granddaughter Mehitable Smith Many Doolittle of Joseph McKune Sr. handling the plates.
1877 — Edward Stevenson records meeting with David Whitmer, who reaffirmed his testimony of the Book of Mormon.
1878 — John Whitmer — I. C. Funn
1878 — John Whitmer — Myron H. Bond
1878 — David Whitmer — Orson Pratt and Joseph F. Smith
1878 — William Poulsen
1878 — David Whitmer to Joseph Smith III
1878 — Whitmer affirms testimony of BOM plates in public.
1878 — John Whitmer — I. C. Funn
1878 — Saints' Herald reports that John Whitmer was reaffirming his testimony in early 1878.
1907 — George Edward Anderson reports that John Whitmer was firm in his testimony before his death.
1878 — John Whitmer — Poulson
1878 — Myron H. Bond recollects that John Whitmer "saw and handled" the plates.
1878 — John Whitmer — P. Wilhelm Poulson
1878 — Poulson reports John Whitmer's final testimony of the BoM.
1878 — David Whitmer on the interpreters
Deseret Evening News
1878 — Orson Pratt/Joseph F. Smith
1878 — David Whitmer recalls each of the witnesses signing their name to the original statement, then Oliver Cowdery copying it.
1878 — James R. B. Van Cleave to Joseph Smith III
1878 — Orson Pratt/Joseph F. Smith
1879 — Emma Smith — Self
1875 — David Whitmer to James N. Seymour
1878 — J.L. Traughber
1879 — John Gilbert reports that Martin Harris told him he saw the plates with "spiritual eyes."
1879 — Interview with Emma; says she felt the plates.
1874 — Eri B. Mullen
1876 — Thomas Wood/Smith
1880 — William E. McClellan to James T. Cobb
1880 — William McLellin writes to James T. Cobb, says he recalls David Whitmer's testimony in the BoM, which he (McLellin) still believes.
1880 — Simon Smith recalls hearing Martin Harris bear testimony of the BOM on his deathbed.
1881 — Jesse R. Badham
1881 — David Whitmer — Kansas City Journal
1881 — David Whitmer — David Whitmer
1881 — Kansas City Journal interviews David Whitmer, who reaffirms his testimony of the Book of Mormon.
1881 — Kansas City Journal
1881 — David Whitmer to Kansas City Journal
1881 — Chicago Times
1882 — Diedrich Willers recalls his relationship with the Whitmer family; says JS tricked them with a fake angel prop.
1882 — Stephen S. Harding recalls meeting Martin Harris and Joseph Smith, portrays Harris as superstitious and prone to imagining things.
1882 — William H. Kelley
1882 — William H. Kelley and G. A. Blakeslee interview David Whitmer, who reaffirms his testimony of the Book of Mormon.
1882 — John Morgan / Matthias F. Cowley Interviews 1
1882 — John Morgan/Matthias F. Cowley
1882 — Joseph Smith III
1882 — The record of Lehi and Ishmael’s lineage
Journal of Discourses
1882 — Heman C. Smith retells conversion of his grandfather Lyman Wight based on his journals; Wight says Oliver Cowdery and Peter Whitmer used BOM in their preaching.
1882 — J. W. Chatburn
1882 — Peter Whitmer Jr. — Lyman Wight
1882 — David Whitmer to S. T. Mouch
1883 — James H. Hart
1883 — William Smith says Joseph used the Urim and Thummim to translate the BOM.
1883 — Hyrum Smith — William Smith
1883 — William B. Smith — Self
1883 — James H. Hart
1883 — Moroni Pratt
1883 — James H. Hart
1884 — William B. Smith — C. E. Butterworth
1884 — George Q. Cannon
1884 — David Whitmer to Edmund Levi Kelly
1884 — James H. Hart
1884 — _St. Joseph Weekly Herald_ reports anonymous source that says they heard Martin Harris bear testimony of the BOM on his deathbed.
1884 — Simon Smith recounts conversation with Martin Harris in 1875; says Harris reaffirmed testimony in the BoM.
1884 — Smith says the plates were heavier than wood and stone.
1884 — E.C. Briggs
1884 — Heman C. Smith reports meeting he had with David Whitmer; relays Whitmer's account of facing down a mob.
1884 — St. Louis Republican
1884 — J. Frank McDowell
1884 — Richmond Conservator
1884 — Joseph Smith Sr. — William Smith
1885 — Richmond Conservator
1885 — Zenas H. Gurley
1885 — Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune
1886 — Nathan Tanner
1886 — Katherine — The Saints Herald
1886 — Nathan A. Tanner, Jr. reports that David Whitmer told him that he saw the angel place the plates on a table; saw the plates "with his natural eyes."
1886 — Edward Stevenson recounts Martin Harris informing him in 1870 that he told several acquaintances once that his knowledge of the angel and plates "is swallowed up in knowledge."
1886 — Edward Stevenson relates that he had heard Oliver Cowdery bear testimony of the Book of Mormon.
1886 — Correspondent to the Omaha Herald
1886 — M.J. Hubbell
1882 — John Morgan
1887 — David Whitmer describes the translation as Joseph putting a hat into a stone and clearing his mind of earthly things.
1887 — David Whitmer describes how Joseph received revelation through a seer stone.
1887 — David Whitmer said that the Book of Mormon was not translated by the power of man and not derived from the work of Spaulding.
1887 — David Whitmer said that God gave Joseph the ability to translate the BOM through a stone in fulfillment of Isaiah 29.
1887 — David Whitmer to Sister Gates
1887 — Edward Stevenson
1887 — David Whitmer — Edward Stevenson
1887 — David Whitmer to Robert Nelson
1887 — Anthony Metcalf reprints letter from David Whitmer describing his experience as a BOM witness.
1887 — Elizabeth Ann Whitmer Cowdery affirms that her husband, Oliver Cowdery, always matained his testimony in the BOM.
1887 — David Whitmer affirms his testimony of the angels and plates in a letter to Anthony Metcalf.
1887 — Stevenson recounts visiting David Whitmer, who bore his testimony of the BOM.
1887 — Affidavit from Sarah Fowler Anderick reports she saw the plates covered in a cloth.
1888 — Hiram Page — Philander Page
1888 — Martin Harris told Anthony Metcalf that Joseph used a stone in a hat and would spell out the English words.
1887 — David Whitmer to Anthony Metcalf
1888 — Hiram Page — Philander Page
1888 — David H. Cannon
1888 — Angus Cannon records conversation with David Whitmer, who reaffirmed his testimony of the BOM.
1888 — Chicago Times
1888 — Chicago Tribune
1888 — Richmond Democrat
1888 — Richmond Conservator
1888 — Kansas City Times
1888 — Angus Cannon recalls hearing Hyrum and Joseph Smith bear testimony of the BOM when we was a child.
1888 — Unidentified Chicago Man
1888 — Obituary for David Whitmer mentions that he bore his testimony of the BOM on his deathbed.
1888 — David Whitmer — Chicago Tribune
1888 — Angus M. Cannon
1888 — Jacob Whitmer — John C. Whitmer
1888 — John C. Whitmer relates that various Eight Witnesses reaffirmed their testimonies in the BOM.
1888 — Jenson says Whitmer says his father Jacob testified of BOM on deathbed.
1888 — Philander Page reports that he heard his father and other witnesses affirm their faith in the BOM.
1888 — L. E. Odinga interviews William Hyde, who recalls experiences with Martin Harris and the Smith family in Palmyra.
1888 — George Mantle summarized that Martin Harris testified that Joseph translated by the power of God.
1889 — David Whitmer — Edward Stevenson
1889 — Edward Stevenson, quoting Whitmer family members, recounts the experience of Mary Whitmer viewing the plates.
1892 — Far West, Missouri preaching
1892 — John H. Gilbert writes that Martin Harris informed him in March 1830 that he saw the plates "with a spiritual eye."
1894 — William Smith — J. W. Peterson
1894 — Smith remembers hefting the plates and judged them to be about 60 pounds.
1895 — Katherine — The Kansas City Star
1896 — Joseph Smith on Ishmael’s lineage
The Contributor
1898 — Samuel Richards reprints Oliver Cowdery's testimony from 1849, written shortly before his death.
1899 — George W. Schweich relates to I. Woodbridge Riley that he attempted to get David Whitmer to confess to fraud, who refused.
1899 — _Salt Lake Herald-Republican_ claims Jane Manning James handled the gold plates.
1901 — Joseph F. Smith to Samuel Russell
1901 — Joseph F. Smith recalls David Whitmer saying the witnesses signed their name to the printed testimony.
1899 — George W. Schweich
1905 — John Rigdon in a lecture stated that the Book of Mormon was translated by the power of God.
1906 — Lucy Mack Smith — Self
1907 — George Edward Anderson records Philander Page's remarks about Three Witnesses.
1908 — James H. Moyle retells his experience interviewing David Whitmer in 1885.
1910 — C. M. Nielsen relates hearing a non-Mormon farmer hear Oliver Cowdery bear testimony of the BoM.
1912 — Jacob F. Gates retells his father's experience meeting Oliver Cowdery in 1849, who reportedly bore testimony of the Book of Mormon.
1918 — William Waddoups recalls Martin Harris bearing his testimony of the BOM.
1921 — George Godfrey, in an affidavit from 1921, reports Martin Harris repeatedly testified of the Book of Mormon and handling the plates.
1924 — William Smith on the interpreters
The Rod of Iron
1926 — William Harrison Homer recounts his experience meeting Martin Harris who testified to him of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon.
1927 — Robert Aveson recounts hearing Martin Harris bear testimony of the Book of Mormon.
1930 — James H. Moyle recalls his experience interviewing David Whitmer in 1885.
1930 — James H. Moyle recalls David Whitmer's description of seeing the angel and the plates.
1931 — Emma Smith — Self
1933 — John E. Godfrey affidavit affirming he heard Martin Harris bear testimony of the BOM.
1933 — Thomas Godfrey affidavit saying he heard Martin Harris reaffirm his testimony of the BOM.
1933 — John Buttars affidavit says he heard Martin Harris bear testimony of the BOM.
1934 — William Pilkington swears affidavit saying he heard Martin Harris bear his testimony of the Book of Mormon and recount seeing the angel.
1884 — Joseph Smith III
1936 — Alma Jensen swears affidavit saying he heard Martin Harris bear testimony of the BOM, saying he "knew" it was true.
1938 — James Henry Moyle, in an interview, recalls David Whitmer telling him that he had a clear vision and knowledge of the plates and the angel.
1939 — William Pilkington relates his experiences with Martin Harris; says Harris bore testimony of the BOM.
1943 — Martin Harris is recounted as teaching that he did see the plates in the same way his audience could see his hands by William Glen.
1943 — Comfort Elizabeth Godfrey Flinders recalls hearing Martin Harris say he "plainly" saw the plates and angels to a group of inquisitive boys.
1943 — William Glen recalls hearing Martin Harris bear testimony of the BOM.
1885 — James H. Moyle
1885 — James H. Moyle
1945 — Herbert Salisbury recalls his grandmother Catherine Smith telling him she hefted the plates.
1945 — James H. Moyle give lengthy account of his meeting with David Whitmer.
1945 — Katherine — Herbert S. Salisbury (grandson)
1954 — Katherine — Herbert S. Salisbury (grandson)
1954 — Hancock recalls how Joseph's sisters hid the plates.
1954 — Herbert Salisbury recalls his grandmother Catherine telling him she handled the plates.
1886 — D.C. Dunbar
1882 — Edwin Gordon Woolley
1877 — David Whitmer — Edward Stevenson
1998 — Lorenzo Saunders recalled how Sally Chase had a seer stone.
1878 — David Whitmer — Orson Pratt and Joseph F. Smith
1878 — David Whitmer — Joseph F. Smith
1888 — Mary Whitmer — John C. Whitmer
1918 — David Whitmer — Joseph F. Smith
1838 — Hyrum Smith — Sally Parker
1958 — Mary Whitmer — Elvia Pamala Mills Cox
1838 — Lucy Mack Smith — Sally Parker
1845 — Lucy retells experience of the 3 Witnesses.
1845 — Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845, 155–157, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed August 11, 2021.
1838 — Joseph's 1838 history account of plates and stone box.
1830 — Eight Witnesses testimony in published 1830 edition of the BOM.
1855 — Manuscript History of the Church reports that Hyrum Smith bore testimony of the BOM before the martyrdom.
1845 — Lucy Mack Smith recalls handling the Urim and Thummim under a silk handkerchief.
1835 — John Whitmer briefly mentions Three Witnesses in his ca. 1835–38 history.
1834 — Revelation from Joseph identifying Martin Harris, David Whitmer, and Oliver Cowdery as the Three Witnesses.
1845 — Lucy Mack Smith recalls incident where Joseph Smith, Sr., her husband, refused to denounce the BoM when pressured.
1830 — Published version of Three Witnesses testimony in 1830 edition of BOM.
1839 — John Corrill briefly mentions Three Witnesses seeing an angel and the plates.
1886 — Edward Stevenson
1907 — Hiram Page — George Edward Anderson
1895 — Katharine Salisbury reported that Joseph could only translate once sins were forgiven.
1829 — In a revelation, God tells Oliver Cowdery through Joseph that he needs to study before translating.
1829 — Revelation to Oliver about how Oliver cannot translate BOM.
1829 — Joseph receives revelation that translation is done according to faith.
1830 — Articles and Covenants of the Church teaching that God gave Joseph the means to translate.
1835 — D&C 107: when describing the President of the office of the High Priesthood, Joseph is called "a seer, a revelator, a translator, and a prophet."
1839 — John Storrs said that Joseph translated the Book of Mormon by using a "peculiar stone."
1835 — William Burnett states that Joseph pretended that he was inspired to translate through either a stone in a hat or two flat smooth stones.
1841 — Charles Anthon tells T.W. Coit that Martin Harris told him that Joseph translated the plates with "a very large pair of spectacles."
1884 — Martin Harris tells Simon Smith that Joseph the Urim and Thummim to translate the BOM.
1831 — "AWB" reports that Joseph used glass-looking techniques to translate the Book of Mormon.
1829 — Palmyra Freeman reports on story of an angel appearing to Joseph Smith, and the Book of Mormon translation.
1829 — According to Jonathan Hadley, Joseph said that he used a huge pair of spectacles to translate the BOM.
1834 — Jesse Townsend described Joseph's translation of the BOM as done in secret.
1878 — David Whitmer recounts that one of the BOM translation instruments of the Urim and Thummim were two white stones placed in spectacles.
1859 — Joel Tiffany records Martin Harris as giving vivid descriptions of the seer stones that Joseph used to translate the BOM.
1859 — David Dille reports Martin Harris affirming that Joseph translated with the gift and power of the BOM.
1876 — John Murdock reports on Sidney Rigdon saying how Joseph was illiterate, but when he puts the spectacles on, he can produce "a literal translation of the writing upon the gold plates."
1836 — Truman Coe writes how Joseph used a transparent stone known as the Urim and Thummim to translate the BOM.
1830 — The Reflector reports that Joseph used "magic spectacles."
1870 — Iowa State Register reports that Martin Harris said that Joseph was given the Urim and Thummim to translate the BOM.
1878 — William Sayre reports to James Cobb that Joseph used the stone from Palmyra to translate the Book of Mormon.
1832 — William McLellin claims that Joseph translated plates with engravings in an inspired way.
1832 — Boston Investigator reports that Joseph used the Urim and Thummim, two crystal stones, to translate the BOM.
1838 — John Boswell describes Joseph as finding spectacles and going from being an idiot to having average intelligence through them.
1879 — Zenas H. Gurley meets with John Whitmer; Whitmer discusses the Book of Mormon translation process.
1885 — David Whitmer recounts Joseph using Urim and Thummim to translate the Book of Mormon.
1830 — The Jesuit or Catholic Sentinel circulates rumors that Joseph translated the characters using two semi-transparent stones and supernatural methods.
1827 — Joseph recorded that he translated characters from the plates between December 1827 and February 1828.
1830 — The Philadelphia Album reports that Joseph used two clear stones to translate the Book of Mormon.
1833 — Isaac Hale relates that Joseph used a stone in a hat to be a "money-digger."
1833 — Jesse Townsend wrote that Joseph and Oliver Cowdery wrote a pretended translation of the BOM.
1834 — W.W. Phelps records that the Book of Mormon was translated with the Urim and Thummim.
1884 — R.W. Alderman reports Martin Harris as having claimed that Joseph used Peep-stone in a hat to translate plates.
1841 — Joseph showed Brigham and the other 12 Apostles the U&T which was also called a "seer stone."
1856 — Emma Smith described how Joseph would correct mistakes in her scribing of the translation.
1877 — Joseph is reported to have translated the BOM with a pair of magic spectacles, dictated to Cowdery behind a curtain.
1899 — Frederick Kesler told by Snow that Joseph used a seer stone to translate the BOM.
1830 — Fenn tells Bronson about the vision and translation process and angel appearing to the 3 witnesses.
1834 — Per Martin Harris, Joseph confessed that he drank too much before translating the BOM and didn't know the contents of the BOM beforehand.
1870 — Elizabeth Whitmer Cowdery describes Joseph as translating with his face in a hat.
1834 — Charles Anthon Denies Having Vindicated the Characters from the Plates Harris showed him to Eber Howe.
1909 — Nathan Tanner jr. reported David Whitmer said Joseph alternated between the Urim and Thummim and a seer stone.
1835 — Brookville Enquirer reports that Joseph was given plates by an angel from heaven to translate.
1835 — Oliver Cowdery described Joseph using the Urim and Thummim during the BOM translation.
1870 — William McLellin said that Joseph did not have a curtain between him and the scribe and used the 'director' in a hat to translate.
1831 — "A Presbyterian" describes the translation as Joseph looking into a small stone and reading the will of the Lord.
1884 — George Q. Cannon cites David Whitmer reporting that Joseph translated with a stone in the hat "which all light was excluded."
1858 — Brigham, as recorded by Phineas Young, said that the BOM was translated from Reformed Egyptian by the gift and power of God.
1831 — Campbell describes the BOM translation process as occurring in a dark room with spectacles.
1832 — The neighbors of Joseph assert that he pretended to find a box in the woods with plates that had characters that only he could decipher.
1833 — The Evening and the Morning Star recorded that Joseph translated using the Urim and Thummim.
1871 — According to Martin Harris, Joseph could not translate the BOM without the gift of God.
1841 — D&C 124 mentions Joseph as a translator when describing the officers of the Church.
1880 — Eri Mullin reported that David Whitmer told her that Joseph used both a seer stone and the Urim and Thummim.
1831 — Richard McNemar writes in his journal that Joseph translated with two transparent stones and a hat.
1833 — Joseph said that the Book of Mormon was translated by the gift and power of God.
1885 — David Whitmer tells Zenas Gurley that the "interpreters" were taken from Joseph after Martin Harris lost the 116 pages.
1831 — Lucy Smith says that after Joseph repented of his sins, he was given an instrument by God by which to translate the BOM.
1829 — Jesse Smith refers to Joseph's spectacles and deciphering of hieroglyphics.
1828 — In a revelation, Joseph was told that he had been given the right to translate by God.
1832 — W. W. Phelps writes about "sacred spectacles" and links them to the biblical Urim and Thummim.
1838 — Joseph says that he translated the BoM with the Urim and Thummim.
1841 — William Smith tells James Murdock that Joseph could not translate a sealed portion, testifies that Joseph was divinely assisted.
1832 — Joseph translated the characters using spectacles prepared by the Lord.
1841 — Walter Scott said that Oliver Cowdery described Joseph as translating the plates with transparent stones.
1842 — Times and Seasons reprints revelation of Joseph's where it is said Joseph translated the BOM through the Urim and Thummim.
1879 — Joseph Lewis stated Joseph translated the Book of Mormon with a stone in a hat.
1830 — Obadiah Dogberry (in work of fan-fiction) writes about how Joseph used the Spectacles to translate the Book of Mormon.
1881 — David Whitmer corrects the record to correct report and affirm Joseph used a seer stone in a hat, and that Joseph used only one, not two, stones.
1879 — W.W. Blair relates translation details from Morse; Joseph would place the Seer Stone in the crown of a hat to exclude all light.
1830 — Diedrich Willers describes how Joseph would use spectacles that he claimed to find next to the plates to translate.
1840 — Parley Pratt described Joseph translating the BOM with "two transparent stones, clear as chrystal."
1881 — David Whitmer described Joseph as translating with his face in the hat.
1830 — Wayne County Inquirer reports that Joseph used a white stone to translate BOM.
1886 — Martin Harris says Joseph used the seer stone in a hat to translate the BOM.
1829 — Wayne Sentinel reports on the that the "Golden Bible" can only be interpreted by someone with a "special gift" given by "inspiration."
1880 — Frederic Mather interviews various town-folk and produces an account which describes Joseph as nailing blankets to the wall during the translation.
1879 — Jehiel Lewis said that Joseph translated the BOM using a peep stone with the same inspiration that he used for dog sacrifices.
1881 — David Whitmer describes Joseph using two stones known as "the interpreters."
1842 — Joseph in Times and Seasons reports translated the Book of Mormon through the U&T.
1829 — Joseph receives revelation about his gift to translate; he should not claim any other spiritual gift at the time.
1831 — The Reflector reports that Book of Mormon translation was done with a sheet in between Harris and Joseph.
1940 — Theodore Farley in 1940 recounts Martin Harris affirming testimony in the Book of Mormon having been translated by the gift and power of God.
1884 — James Hart wrote that Joseph used a seer stone in a hat for the translation of the BOM.
1870 — Emma Smith reports that Joseph used the Urim and Thummim before the lost pages and a dark seer stone afterwards.
1879 — Thomas Wood Smith heard that David Whitmer frequently saw that Joseph translated the characters on the plates with the Urim and Thummim.
1831 — David S. Burnett reports that Joseph translated the inscriptions from the Book of Mormon without looking at the plates.
1921 — John W. Peterson recalls William Smith telling him Joseph put the U&T (which looked like a pair of spectacles) in a hat or some other dark object to translate the plates.
1834 — F.E.M. claims that Joseph was reported to find plates and spectacles, but delayed the translation due to memorizing NT chapters.
1870 — Fayette Lapham wrote that Joseph used 'spectacles' to translate and to see the past, present, and future.
1887 — Andrew Jenson provides account of David Whitmer showing him the BOM manuscript and identifying the handwriting of the various scribes.
1887 — Andrew Jenson writes of Martin Harris describing the translation of the BOM with Joseph using both seer stone and U&T.
1831 — Ashbel Kitchell writes that Cowdery was an assistant in the translation of the "golden Bible."
1843 — Joseph wrote that he translated the BOM from hieroglyphs.
1881 — David Whitmer said that Joseph used a small oval or kidney-shaped stone called the Urim and Thummim to translate the plates.
1879 — David Whitmer tells J.L. Traughber that Joseph used a seer stone in the translation of the Book of Mormon; U&T narrative was introduced later.
1931 — Nels Madsen interviews Emma Smith on whether or not Joseph could have translated the BOM.
1881 — Edward Stevenson recounts hearing Martin Harris speak of how Joseph used both a seer stone and a Urim and Thummim to translate the plates.
1881 — Edward Stevenson retells how Martin Harris unsuccessfully tried to trick Joseph during the translation by replacing seer stone with an ordinary stone, printed in the Deseret News.
1835 — Joseph said that he translated the Book of Mormon by the gift and power of God and could not translate when he was in transgression.
1834 — Oliver Cowdery says Joseph used U&T to translate the BOM.
1879 — Emma in the Saint' Herald (RLDS): Joseph translated the Book of Mormon with his head in a hat.
1832 — Nathaniel Willis believes that Joseph pretended to have a vision and pretended to find spectacles.
1886 — David Whitmer notes that Joseph was presented with a chocolate-colored seer stone to substitute the Urim and Thummim.
1835 — Oliver Cowdery stated that the plates were "translated by the gift and power of God."
1848 — Reuben Miller records Oliver Cowdery stating how Joseph translated the BOM and Rigdon did not make it up.
1831 — Ebenezer Robinson reports that Joseph says BOM translation process not intended for public reading.
1831 — Ezra Booth says that Joseph used the same dark glass to translate the BOM as he did for treasure digging.
1835 — Oliver Cowdery says JS used the Urim and Thummim for Newel K. Whitney's patriarchal blessing.
1831 — Mourning Courier and New-York Enquirer suggests that Sidney Rigdon wrote the BOM and Joseph fallaciously claimed to translate it.
1836 — An unnamed correspondent said that Joseph read the reformed Egyptian by putting a stone in a hat or box.
1831 — Unknown author described Joseph finding two stones and plates connected with rings in the shape of 'D' in the same place.
1829 — The Gem records that Harris says Joseph translated the BOM by putting the spectacles in a hat.
1840 — John Clark (based on discussion with Martin Harris) describes the translation process as occurring with a curtain and a seer stone, but favors the Spaulding theory.
