Nauvoo City May 26/56

This certifies that we have sold to; Mr A Combs four Egyptian mummies with the records of them Thes[e] mummies were obtained from the catacoms of Egypt sixty feet below the surface of the Earth. by the antiquarian society of Paris & forwarded to New York & purchased by the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith at the price of twenty four hundred dollars in the year Eighteen hundred thirty five they were highly prized by Mr Smith on account of the importance <which attached to> of the record which were <accidentally> found enclosed in <the breast of> one of the Mummies. from translations by Mr Smith of the Records these Mummies were found to be the family of Pharo[h] King of Egypt. they were kept exclusively by Mr Smith until his death & since by the Mother of Mr Smith [Lucy Mack Smith] notwithstanding we have had repeated offers to purchase which have invariably been refused until her death which occured on the fourteenth day of May last this month

Nauvoo [vacat] L. C. Bidamon

Hancock Co Ills May 26 Emma Bidamon former wife of Jos. Smith

Joseph Smith son of Jos. Smith