David Whitmer described Joseph as translating with his face in the hat.

Jun 19, 1881

David Whitmer Disaffected

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in translating he put the stone in his hat and putting his face in his hat so as to excluded the light and that then the light and characters appeared in the hat together with the interpretation which he uttered and was written by the scribe and which was tested at the time as stated.

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