Thomas Wood Smith heard that David Whitmer frequently saw that Joseph translated the characters on the plates with the Urim and Thummim.
Thomas Wood Smith (declarant, Mar 28, 1879) --- Fall River Herald, Thomas Wood Smith (recorder) · 0.0 yrs after events · Thirdhand+
Reference
Thomas Wood Smith, Fall River Herald, March 28, 1879: 4
Date of Account
Mar 28, 1879
Date of Events
1828–1829
Retrospective Distance
0.0 yrs after events
Hearsay Tier
Thirdhand+ — Tagged '2nd Hand Late'
Point of View
todo
Status
Unreviewed
Source Type
News (traditional)
Audience
General Public
Transcription
I personally heard him state, in Jan. 1876 in his own house in Richmond, Ray Co. Mo. . . . that he saw Joseph translate, by the aid of the Urim and Thummim, time and again, and he [David] then produced a large pile of foolscap paper closely written in a very fair hand, which he declared was the manuscript written mainly by Oliver Cowdery and Martin Harris, as the translation was being read by the aid of the Urim and Thummim of the characters on the plates by Joseph Smith, which work of translation and transcription he frequently saw.