Joseph Knight said that Joseph used the Urim and Thummim in a hat to translate the plates.
Joseph Knight Sr. (declarant, 1847) · 12.0 yrs after events · Thirdhand+
Reference
Joseph Knight Sr., Reminiscence, Circa 1835-1847, 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
General Public
Transcription
Now the way he translated was he put the urim and thummim into his hat and Darkned his Eyes then he would take a sentance and it would apper in Brite Roman Letters. Then he would tell the writer and he would write it. Then the next sentance would Come and so on. But if it was not Spelt rite it would not go away till it was rite, so we see it was marvelous. Thus was the hol [whole] translated.