E. D. Howe reports that Martin Harris was said to have handled the plates "by the power of God."

Date
Mar 15, 1831
Type
News (traditional)
Source
E. D. Howe
Critic
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Unsourced
Journalism
Reference

E. D. Howe, "Martin Harris . . . ," Painesville Telegraph (Painesville, Ohio) 2, no. 39 (March 15, 1831)

Scribe/Publisher
Painesville (Ohio) Telegraph
People
Moses Martin, Joseph Smith, Jr., E. D. Howe
Audience
Reading Public
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Transcription

Martin Harris, another chief of Mormon imposters, arrived here last Saturday from the bible quarry in New-York. He immediately planted himself in the bar-room of the hotel, where he soon commenced reading and explaining the Mormon hoax, and all the dark passages from Genesis to Revelations. He told all about the gold plates, Angels, Spirits, and Jo Smith.—He had seen and handled them all, by the power of God!

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