Joseph Knight recalls Joseph describing the plates and Urim & Thummim.
Joseph Knight Sr. (declarant, 1847) · 12.0 yrs after events · Thirdhand+
Reference
Joseph Knight Sr., Reminiscence, Circa 1835-1847: [3-4], MS 3470, Church History Library
Date of Account
1847
Date of Events
1828–1829
Retrospective Distance
12.0 yrs after events
Hearsay Tier
Thirdhand+ — Tagged 'Holograph Direct'
Point of View
todo
Status
Unreviewed
Source Type
Manuscript
Audience
N/A
Transcription
after Brackfist Joseph Cald me in to the other Room and he set his foot on the Bed and leaned his head on his hand and says well I am Dissop[o]inted. well, say I[,] I am sorrey[.] Well, says he[,] I am grateley Dissop[o]inted, it is ten times Better then I expected. Then he went on to tell the length and width and thickness of the plates[,] and[,] said he[,] they appear to be Gold But he seamed to think more of the glasses or the urim and thummem then [than] he Did of the Plates for[,] says he[,] I can see any thing[.] They are Marvelus[.] Now they are written in Caracters and I want them translated[.]