Joseph Knight recalls Joseph describing the plates and Urim & Thummim.

Date
1847
Type
Manuscript
Source
Joseph Knight, Sr.
LDS
Hearsay
Holograph
Direct
Reference

Joseph Knight Sr., Reminiscence, Circa 1835-1847: [3-4], MS 3470, Church History Library

Scribe/Publisher
Joseph Knight, Sr.
People
Joseph Knight, Sr., Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
N/A
Transcription

after Brackfist Joseph Cald me in to the other Room and he set his foot on the Bed and leaned his head on his hand and says well I am Dissop[o]inted. well, say I[,] I am sorrey[.] Well, says he[,] I am grateley Dissop[o]inted, it is ten times Better then I expected. Then he went on to tell the length and width and thickness of the plates[,] and[,] said he[,] they appear to be Gold But he seamed to think more of the glasses or the urim and thummem then [than] he Did of the Plates for[,] says he[,] I can see any thing[.] They are Marvelus[.] Now they are written in Caracters and I want them translated[.]

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