Boston Daily Mail, a Non-LDS newspaper reports on publication of Book of Abraham.

Date
Apr 5, 1842
Type
News (traditional)
Source
Boston Daily Mail
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Journalism
Reference

Boston Daily Mail 2, no. 128 (April 5, 1842): [2]

Scribe/Publisher
Boston Daily Mail
People
Boston Daily Mail, Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

The Mormons have found a new book called the Book of Abraham. It purports to have been written by that patriarch, and is said to have been found in the Catacombs of Egypt by an English traveller who brought it away with eleven mummies. Jo Smith is engaged in translating this book for the Nauvoo 'Times and Seasons.' The first chapter appears in the last number that has reached us. We presume the faithful will have no doubt of its authenticity. The Mormon paper also contains a fac simile engraving from the same manuscript, which adds very little to Abraham's fame, as far as drawing is concerned; it represents Abraham bound upon an altar, and the idolatrous priest of Elkenah attempting to sacrifice him to his gods, the images which surround the altar.

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