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

Oliver Cowdery to W.W. Phelps in Messenger and Advocate

A history of the inhabitants who peopled this continent, previous to its being discovered to Europeans by Columbus, must be interesting to every man; and as it would develope the important fact, that the present race were descendants of Abraham....[1]

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 the Caribbean, South America and Central America. (Click here for maps of Columbus' voyages.)


Notes

  1. Oliver Cowdery to W. W. Phelps, "Letter VII," (July 1835) Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate 1:155-159. off-site