Contemporary non-LDS report of JS translating Kinderhook plates.

Date
May 29, 1843
Type
News (traditional)
Source
Unknown
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Unsourced
Journalism
Reference

"Important," The North American and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), 29 May 1843, 2.

Scribe/Publisher
The North American and Daily Advertiser
People
Unknown
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

Jo Smith, the Mormon prophet has examined some brass plates lately found in Illonois [sic], and translated a portion of the figures or characters on them. He pronounces them of Egyptian origin.

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