CDA reports MC selling papyri and mummies in Ohio before Joseph Smith acquires them.
"Egyptian Mummies," Cleveland Daily Advertiser, March 26, 1835, [2]
Egyptian Mummies.—Our limited room will not at present permit an extended description of these remarkable posthumous travellers who are now in this village; but we cannot forbear calling upon those of our citizens who have not seen these ancient specimens of humanity, to visit them before they are removed, which we understand will be in 3 or 4 days. The exhibitor permits as free an examination of them as is consistent with their preservation. Specimens of the ancient method of writing on papyrus, found with the mummies, are also shown by Mr. Chandler, whose intelligent conversation adds much to the interest of the exhibition.
The collection is offered for sale by the proprietor.