Maria L. Cowdery Johnson recalls Phineas Young obtaining Oliver Cowdery's seer stone.

Date
Jan 1887
Type
Letter
Source
Maria L. Cowdery Johnson
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reprint
Reference

Maria L. (Cowdery) Johnson to David Whitmer, January 1887, transcript, P10, fd 16, Community of Christ Library-Archives

Scribe/Publisher
Michael Marquardt
People
Elizabeth Ann Whitney, Oliver Cowdery, Maria L. Cowdery Johnson, Phineas Young
Audience
David Whitmer
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Transcription

You ask did we consent to Give the Seer Stone to Phineas Young - He came in to Grand Father House while my Father lay dead - and asked my Mother to let him see this stone - she got it - & let him take it[.] when he kept it – she felt so bad and troubled at the time[.] did not think what we were about - My Mother says she cant remember whether he asked her to give it to him or not- I do not remember that he asked to keep it - but do not think he did only to see it - and then kept it - I remember - his coming in and asking to see this stone - as well as though it were only yesterday- but do not recollect that my Mother gave it to him to keep...

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