John Whitmer testifies of use of physical existence of plates.
John Whitmer (declarant, Mar 1836) --- Messenger and Advocate (recorder) · 0.0 yrs after events · Direct
Reference
John Whitmer, “Address,” Messenger and Advocate 2, no. 6 (March 1836): 286–87
Date of Account
Mar 1836
Date of Events
Mar 1836
Retrospective Distance
0.0 yrs after events
Hearsay Tier
Direct — Tagged 'Direct'
Point of View
todo
Status
Unreviewed
Source Type
Periodical
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription
I desire to testify to all that will come to the knowledge of this address; that I have most assuredly seen the plates from whence the book of Mormon is translated, and that I have handled these plates, and know of a surety that Joseph Smith, Jr. has translated the book of Mormon by the gift and power of God, and in this thing the wisdom of the wise most assuredly has perished