Lucy Mack Smith recalls handling the Urim and Thummim under a silk handkerchief.

Date
1845
Type
Manuscript
Source
Lucy Mack Smith
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Direct
Late
Reference

Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, [7]–[8], bk. 5, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed January 3, 2023

Scribe/Publisher
Martha Jane Knowlton Coray
People
Joseph Smith, Jr., Lucy Mack Smith
Audience
N/A
Transcription

Joseph saw this and followed me Mother said he do not be uneasy all is right see here Said he I have got the key I knew not what he meant but took the article in my hands and upon after examing it <​*​> <​(*with no covering but a silk handkerchief)​> <​found​> that it consisted of 2 smooth <​3 cornered diamonds set in glass and the glass was set in silver bows​ stones con[n]ected with each other in the same way that old fashioned spectacles are made

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