LK describes seeing mummies, LMS identifies one as "King Onitus."

Date
Dec 21, 1843
Type
Letter
Source
LaFayette Knight
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Direct
Reference

LaFayette Knight, Letter, December 21, 1843, [3], MS 2362, CHL

Scribe/Publisher
Anonymous Niece of LaFayette Knight
People
King Onitus, LaFayette Knight, Abraham, Joseph Smith, Jr., Lucy Mack Smith
Audience
Anonymous Brother-in-Law of LaFayette Knight, Anonymous Sister of LaFayette Knight
Transcription

He [Joseph Smith] has a very decent good looking house, comfortable furnished and well finished for the accomadation of a person in easy circumstances. I went into his house and had a comfortable chat with him, and then examined the four mummies one of which his Mother [Lucy Mack Smith] told me was King Onitus, on whose breast was found the writing of Abraham It being as they say, the astronomy taught by him.

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