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*{{MA1|author=Oliver Cowdery|article=Trouble in the West.”|vol=1|num=7|date=April 1835|start=104–107}} {{link|url=http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/BOMP&CISOPTR=1129&REC=15}} {{an|Oliver Cowdery discusses the novel claim that Joseph sold books and forged copper plates.}} | *{{MA1|author=Oliver Cowdery|article=Trouble in the West.”|vol=1|num=7|date=April 1835|start=104–107}} {{link|url=http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/BOMP&CISOPTR=1129&REC=15}} {{an|Oliver Cowdery discusses the novel claim that Joseph sold books and forged copper plates.}} | ||
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| + | * {{CriticalWork:A Little Talk:1840|pages=1–8}} | ||
| + | * {{CriticalWork:Sunderland:Mormonism|pages=n.p.}} {{An|Complains that Joseph's "brass plates" would be too heavy to carry!}} | ||
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Revision as of 17:33, 20 April 2010
Source(s) of the Criticism
Claims about Joseph forging some fake plates
- Oliver Cowdery, "Trouble in the West.”," Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate 1 no. 7 (April 1835), 104–107. off-site
Oliver Cowdery discusses the novel claim that Joseph sold books and forged copper plates.
Claims about the weight of the plates
- A Little Talk, Between John Robinson and his Master about Mormonism, Shewing its Origin, Absurdity, and Impiety (Bedford: W. White, 1840), 1–8. off-site
- La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 9 (3 March 1838): n.p.. off-site
Complains that Joseph's "brass plates" would be too heavy to carry!