William Swartzell says JS "intends" to translate papyri in 1838.

Date
Jul 26, 1838
Type
Book
Source
William Swartzell
Resigned
Critic
Hearsay
Direct
Reprint
Reference

William Swartzell, Journal, 26 July 1838; rep. Mormonism Exposed, Being a Journal of a Residence in Missouri from the 28th of May to the 20th of August, 1838 (Pittsburgh, PA: The Author, 1840), 25

Scribe/Publisher
William Swartzell
People
Joseph Smith, Jr., William Swartzell
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

26th. Doing nothing to-day, except looking at the hands employed in getting out logs for brother Joseph Smith's house, in which he intends translating the heiroglyphics of the Egyptian mummies.

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