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*'''"I will now give you a description of the manner in which the Book of Mormon was translated..."''' | *'''"I will now give you a description of the manner in which the Book of Mormon was translated..."''' | ||
**David Whitmer, [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Address_to_All_Believers_in_Christ ''An Address to All Believers in Christ''] (Richmond, MO: n.p., 1887), 12. | **David Whitmer, [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Address_to_All_Believers_in_Christ ''An Address to All Believers in Christ''] (Richmond, MO: n.p., 1887), 12. | ||
− | **{{MisdirectedLink|cite=4|website=Mormons in Transition|type=anti-Mormon}} | + | **{{MisdirectedLink|cite=4|website=Mormons in Transition|type=anti-Mormon countercult}} |
**The actual source document may be read on the neutral site Wikisource here: [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Address_to_All_Believers_in_Christ ''An Address to All Believers in Christ'']. | **The actual source document may be read on the neutral site Wikisource here: [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Address_to_All_Believers_in_Christ ''An Address to All Believers in Christ'']. | ||
*'''"I, as well as all of my father's family, Smith's wife, Oliver Cowdery and Martin Harris, were present during the translation..."''' | *'''"I, as well as all of my father's family, Smith's wife, Oliver Cowdery and Martin Harris, were present during the translation..."''' | ||
**Whitmer, ''An Address to All Believers in Christ'', p. 12. Also, Interview given to ''Kansas City Journal'', June 5, 1881, reprinted in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ''Journal of History'', vol. 8, (1910), pp. 299-300. | **Whitmer, ''An Address to All Believers in Christ'', p. 12. Also, Interview given to ''Kansas City Journal'', June 5, 1881, reprinted in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ''Journal of History'', vol. 8, (1910), pp. 299-300. | ||
− | **{{MisdirectedLink|cite=5|website=Mormons in Transition|type=anti-Mormon}} | + | **{{MisdirectedLink|cite=5|website=Mormons in Transition|type=anti-Mormon countercult}} |
*'''"Martin Harris related an incident that occurred during the time..."''' | *'''"Martin Harris related an incident that occurred during the time..."''' | ||
**Edward Stevenson, "One of the Three Witnesses," ''Millennial Star'', Vol. 44:86-87. | **Edward Stevenson, "One of the Three Witnesses," ''Millennial Star'', Vol. 44:86-87. | ||
− | **{{MisdirectedLink|cite=7|website=Mormons in Transition|type=anti-Mormon}} | + | **{{MisdirectedLink|cite=7|website=Mormons in Transition|type=anti-Mormon countercult}} |
*'''"chocolate-colored, somewhat egg-shaped stone which the Prophet found while digging a well..."''' | *'''"chocolate-colored, somewhat egg-shaped stone which the Prophet found while digging a well..."''' | ||
**B. H. Roberts, ''Comprehensive History of the Church'', 1:129. | **B. H. Roberts, ''Comprehensive History of the Church'', 1:129. | ||
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**The text of the entire source document may be read on the Maxwell Institute web site here: Dean C. Jessee, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/transcripts/?id=46 "Joseph Knight's Recollection of Early Mormon History"]. | **The text of the entire source document may be read on the Maxwell Institute web site here: Dean C. Jessee, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/transcripts/?id=46 "Joseph Knight's Recollection of Early Mormon History"]. | ||
− | + | *'''"These were days never to be forgotten..."''' | |
+ | **Oliver Cowdery, ''Messenger and Advocate'', Vol. 1, No. 1. p. 14. | ||
+ | **{{MisdirectedLink|cite=6|website=Mormons in Transition|type=anti-Mormon countercult}} | ||
+ | **The source text is available on the FAIR Wiki here: {{MAfairwiki|author=Oliver Cowdery|vol=1|num=1|date=October 1834|start=14}} | ||
+ | *'''I have sometimes had seasons of skepticism..."''' | ||
+ | **Dialogue, Volume 15, No 2 summer 1982, pg 51 | ||
+ | *'''"The manner in which this was done was by looking into the Urim and Thummim..."''' | ||
+ | **Francis Kirkham, ''A New Witness for Christ in America'' 2:417 | ||
+ | *'''"A fellow by the name of Joseph Smith, who resides in the upper part of Susquehanna county..."''' | ||
+ | **''Cincinnati Advertiser'', June 2, 1830 | ||
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+ | ==Secondary sources== | ||
+ | *'''"The article corroborates the 'stone in the hat' version of the translation..." | ||
+ | **http://sidneyrigdon.com/Classics1.htm | ||
+ | *Drawing of Joseph with his head in a hat on the stairs | ||
+ | **ImagesOfTheRestoration.org | ||
+ | *http://www.irr.org/mit/divination.html | ||
+ | **Anti-Mormon countercult | ||
+ | *http://www.lds-mormon.com/transltn.shtml | ||
+ | **Site maintained by an ex-Mormon | ||
+ | *An Insider's View of Mormon Origins, Chapter 1, Grant Palmer | ||
+ | **Critical work | ||
+ | *http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/seer-stone.html | ||
+ | **Anti-Mormon countercult |
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