Book of Mormon -- Authorship
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Paul Jensen research file on Sidney Rigdon
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349919]
Identifier: MSS 4048
Abstract
Includes photocopies of genealogies, newspaper clippings, wills, letters, photographs, and maps relating to the life of Sidney Rigdon and his descendants.
Dates:
1759-1892
The last testimony of Martin Harris
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232498862]
Identifier: MSS 236
Scope and Contents
Typewritten statement with handwritten corrections. The item was notarized. Homer affirms that he met Martin Harris (1783-1875) in 1869 when returning from a mission for the Mormon Church. He recounts the conversation, much of it word for word, between him and Harris at that time. He also told the second president of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young (1801-1877), about this incident. Homer also tells, again verbatim, what Harris said on his death bed in 1875. Homer states that on each...
Dates:
1928
John Webster letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321611]
Identifier: MSS SC 2278
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten letter dated 17 July 1831. Webster tells of being approached by a "Mormonite," Samuel Harrison Smith (1808-1844), to buy a "gold Bible" (Book of Mormon). Webster asked Smith how his brother, Joseph Smith (1801-1844), wrote it. "He said that he would look under a shiney stone in the dark and there he would see the words appear."
Dates:
1831 July 17
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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John Webster letter