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Book of Mormon -- Authorship

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Alma L. Jensen affidavit and statement

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335736]
Identifier: MSS 911
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and signed affidavit and a handwritten statement. Jensen affirms that he met Martin Harris (1783-1875) in the summer of 1875. Harris told him about the authenticity of the Book of Mormon.

Dates: 1936

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

Testimony of John E. Godfrey

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230316520]
Identifier: MSS SC 2014
Scope and Contents

One typewritten declaration containing John E. Godfrey's description of Martin Harris' (1783-1875) testimony that the Book of Mormon is a historically authentic record.

Dates: 1875