HOW THE PLATES OF THE BOOK OF MORMON WERE TRANSLATED

By Delbert D. Smith

Consulted References In Alphabetical Order

  1. (Corrill History) A Brief History of the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, by John A. Corrill, St. Louis, printed for the author, 1839.

  2. Deseret News, Quoted in the Millennial Star, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 86Ð87 (January 30, 1882).

  3. (Elders' Journal) Elders' Journal of the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints. Joseph Smith, Jr., Editor, Far West, Missouri.

  4. Fall River (Mass.) Herald. Reprinted in the Saints' Herald, Vol. 26, No. 8, pp. 128 (April 15, 1879).

  5. Kansas City Journal, June 5, 1881. Reprinted in the Saints' Herald, Vol. 28, No. 13,p.198 (July 1, 1881).

  6. Messenger and Advocate, Kirtland, Ohio, (October, 1834) corrected quotation in The History Of The Reorganized Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints Vol. l, p. 33.

  7. Mormonism Unvailed, Eber D. Howe, Painsville, Ohio, 1834.

  8. Myth of the Manuscript Found, by George Reynolds, p. 79-80 as quoted in the History Of The Reorganized Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, Vol. 1, p. 50.

  9. (New Witness) A New Witness For Christ in America, by Francis W. Kirkham, Press of Zion's Printing and Publishing Co., Independence, Missouri.

  10. No Man Knows My History, Fawn Brodie, A .A. Knopf, New York, 1945.

  11. (Palmyra, NY) Freeman as reprinted in the Rochester Daily Advertiser and Telegraph, August 31, 1829 quoted in A New Witness For Christ in America, by Francis W. Kirkham.

  12. (Palmyra, NY) Reflector quoted in A New Witness For Christ in America, by Francis W. Kirkham.

  13. (RLDS History) The History Of The Reorganized Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, Herald House, Independence, Missouri.

  14. (Rochester, NY) Daily Advertiser and Telegraph, quoted in A New Witness For Christ in America, by Francis W. Kirkham.

  15. (Rochester, NY) Gem quoted in A New Witness For Christ in America, by Francis W. Kirkham .

  16. Saints' Herald, The Reorganized Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, Herald Publishing House, Lamoni, Iowa, and Independence, Missouri.

  17. The Millennial Harbinger, Alexander Campbell, editor and publisher, Bethany, Virginia.

  18. The Story of the Church, by Inez Smith Davis, Herald Publishing House, Independence, Missouri, l959.

  19. Times and Seasons, Nauvoo, Illinois, 1842-1846.

  20. Today's Health, published by the American Medical Association, Vol. 40, No. 12, p. 53 (December, 1962).


Last Update: November 29, 1996
Ronald K. Smith
Graceland College
Lamoni, IA 50140
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