Smith records Whitmer reaffirming his testimony and those of the other witnesses.

William Smith

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The fact also that these tablets of which I have spoken were seen by a number persons, who testafy that they not only Saw with their eyes but handledf with their hands the said record is Conclusive proof that this Mormon revelation was not a transscrip taken from any romance written by Solomon Spaulding or by any other person[.] . . .

It is due to Say that for many years I have been personaly acquainted with the persons whose names are given in testimony of the record found and translated by my Brother Joseph Smith—and were I under oath I could not Say aught of these men for respectability or for their truthful varasaty no persons to my knowledge has ever attemted to impeach nor has either or any one of these witneses even to my knowledge Counteracted the testimony as given above Concerning the real existance of these Mormon tablets[.] . . .

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