[E. L. Kelley's preceding inquiry, Appendix No. 3:]
Cleveland, Ohio, March 1, 1884. David Whitmer, Esq., Richmond, Mo., Dear Sir:—A person by the name of J. H. Gilbert, at Palmyra, N. Y., claims, I am told, that he set the type for the Book of Mormon and that there were no capital letters beginning sentences and proper names in the printers' manuscript; and if there are any in now they have been put in since. Will you please examine the manuscript in your possession, which you claim to be the original of the Book of Mormon, and ascertain as to whether there are capital letters, and whether, if there are such, they are in the original writing? Or have they been placed in since?
Does the manuscript show any marks of having passed through the printers' hands? You will oblige by answering at once, as I desire to get the facts in the matter. It is also claimed that Oliver Cowdery denied his testimony. Very Respectfully,
E. L. Kelley. [David Whitmer's reply, Appendix No. 4:]
Richmond, Mo., March 3, 1884. E. L. Kelley, Dear Sir:—Yours of 1st received. In answer to your first question. First, the capitals are in the first writing; Second, they are the manuscripts used by the printer and bear unmistakable evidence of the printer's using them, as many of that profession have attested. Oliver Cowdery never, to my knowledge, denied any part of his testimony, on the contrary, as I have done, protested against every fabrication made by designing persons and parties and emphatically testified, as written in the Book of Mormon, until death which occurred in this place. His wife and child yet living furnish one of the best pictures of a living faith in what their father testified to before death, as written in the Book of Mormon. David Whitmer.