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==Oliver Cowdery (Jul 1835): "A history of the inhabitants who peopled this continent, previous to its being discovered to Europians by Columbus"==

Oliver Cowdery to W.W. Phelps in ''Messenger and Advocate''
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A history of the inhabitants who peopled this continent, previous to its being discovered to Europians by Columbus, must be interesting to every man; and as it would develope the important fact, that the present race were descendants of Abraham....<ref>{{MAfairwiki|article=Letter VII|author=Oliver Cowdery to W. W. Phelps|vol=1|num=10|date=July 1835|start=155|end=159}} {{link|url=http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/BOMP&CISOPTR=1040&REC=3}}</ref>
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Note that "this continent" refers to both North and South America; Columbus never set foot in the present day United States; he was confined to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus#First_voyage the] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus#Second_voyage Caribbean], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus#Third_voyage South America] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus#Fourth_voyage Central America].  (Click [[Book of Mormon/Geography/Columbus|here]] for maps of Columbus' voyages.)
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