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1830
Fenn, Lucius. “Letter to Birdseye Bronson.” Seneca Co., New York: n.p., 1830.
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Tells of the mysterious stories concerning three men who had reported that an angel had appeared telling of a “gold log” in the area that had been hidden for fourteen hundred years in a stone chest.

ID = [77978]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1830-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Dogberry, Obediah (pen name of Cole, Abner). “From the Book of Mormon.” The Reflector New Series 2, 3, Extra (2 January, 13 January, 22 January 1830): 9, 17, 27.
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A series: extracts from the pages of the Book of Mormon prior to publication of the book.

ID = [79469]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1830-01-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Unattributed. “Gold Bible.” The Reflector New Series 2 (2 January 1830): 13.
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States that it is too early to discuss the merits or demerits of the Book of Mormon, but finds nothing treasonable that would have a tendency to subvert liberties. The religious nature cannot be determined—it must stand or fall on its own merits.

ID = [79483]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1830-01-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Unattributed. “Gold Bible.” The Reflector New Series 3 (11 January 1830): 20.
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Calls the Book of Mormon a “wonderful work” In an effort to correct misunderstanding of the book, this article clarifies that it is unbelievers who call the Book of Mormon the “Gold Bible” States that the book as well as the “sacred volume” (the Bible) has its revilers. Says that the Book of Mormon is comprised of a number of books by different authors. It is a compilation by Mormon in “ancient Hieroglyphics” upon plates of gold.

ID = [79484]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1830-01-11  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Unattributed. “Diabolical.” The Reflector New Series 8 (27 February 1830): 66.
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Declares that Joseph Smith himself was the scribe of the Book of Mormon, and that he was unlearned in letters, spelling, and punctuation. Believes that the book was inspired by the devil.

ID = [79362]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1830-02-27  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Unattributed. “Blasphemy.” Cincinnati Advertiser and Ohio Phoenix 8 (2 June 1830): 1.
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Early, hysterical announcement of the publication of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79111]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1830-06-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:17
Unattributed. “The Book of Pukei.” The Reflector 1 (12 June, 7 July 1830): 36-37, 60-61.
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A series of articles, printed in scripture-style verse—a spin-off of the Book of Mormon for the purpose of derision.

ID = [80415]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1830-06-12  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:25
1831
Benton, A.W. “Mormonites.” Evangelical Magazine And Gospel Advocate. 1831:120.
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A letter dated March 1831 from S. Bainbridge to the Magazine and Advocate in an effort to stop the progress of the Mormon religion, provides a history of Joseph Smith declaring that he is a deceitful impostor of no good character. His great deception lies in his claim to have received new revelation in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79837]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1831-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Marks, David. The Life of David Marks, to the 26th Year of His Age. Limerick, ME: Office of the Morning Star, 1831.
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The autobiography of a young preacher’s experiences in New England during the early 19th Century. Pages 340-42 discuss his brief encounter with Mormons and the Book of Mormon and his dismissal of the book as a fraud.

ID = [78544]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1831-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Dogberry, Obediah (pen name of Cole, Abner). “Gold Bible, No. 1.” The Reflector 2 (January 6, 1831): 76.
ID = [79485]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1831-01-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Unattributed. “Letter to the Editor.” The Reflector 2 (6 January 1831): 77.
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Writes that Joseph Smith’s Book of Mormon, the “most clumsy of all impositions” has excited curiosity.

ID = [79710]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1831-01-06  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Dogberry, Obediah (pen name of Cole, Abner). “Gold Bible, No. 2.” The Reflector 2 (January 18, 1831): 84.
ID = [79486]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1831-01-18  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Dogberry, Obediah (pen name of Cole, Abner). “Gold Bible, No. 3.” The Reflector 2 (February 1, 1831): 92-93.
ID = [79487]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1831-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Campbell, Alexander. “Delusions: An Analysis of the Book of Mormon.” Millennial Harbinger 2 (7 February 1831): 85-96.
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An early attempt to identify speciic problems with the Book of Mormon. Various anachronisms, absurdities and contradictions with the Bible are identiied. The Book of Mormon shows evidence of being a mere product of its environment.

ID = [79360]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1831-02-07  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Dogberry, Obediah (pen name of Cole, Abner). “Gold Bible, No. 4.” The Reflector 2 (February 14, 1831): 100-101.
ID = [79488]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1831-02-14  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Unattributed. “The Book of Mormon.” The Reflector 2 (14 February 1831): 102.
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Tells about Oliver Cowdery’s mission to Painesville and his meeting with the “notorious Sidney Rigdon” Rigdon took the Book of Mormon under advisement and shortly declared it of “heavenly origin” Rigdon then testified that the world would come to an end in two or three years.

ID = [80306]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1831-02-14  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:19
Dogberry, Obediah (pen name of Cole, Abner). “Gold Bible, No. 5.” The Reflector 2 (February 28, 1831): 109.
ID = [79489]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1831-02-28  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
C., M. J. “Mormonism.” Plainsville Telegraph (March 3, 1831): 4.
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Tells of the conversion of Sidney Rigdon who read the Book of Mormon and “partly condemned it” but after two days accepted it as truthful. He asked for a sign though he knew it was wrong and saw the devil appearing as an angel of light. The author of this article warns against the Book of Mormon and against the deception of the Mormons.

ID = [79818]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1831-03-03  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Dogberry, Obediah (pen name of Cole, Abner). “Mormonism.” The Reflector 2 (March 9, 1831): 116-17.
ID = [79820]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1831-03-09  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Unattributed. “Mormonism.” The Reflector 2 (9 March 1831): 116-17.
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A correspondent relates that Joseph Smith entered Waterloo with his wife decked in a profusion of gold jewelry. They were selling stocks in the “Gold Bible”

ID = [79819]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1831-03-09  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Dogberry, Obediah (pen name of Cole, Abner). “Gold Bible, No. 6.” The Reflector 2 (March 19, 1831): 126-29.
ID = [79490]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1831-03-19  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
1832
Campbell, Alexander. Delusions: An Analysis of the Book of Mormon. Pamphlet. Boston: Green, 1832.
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An early attempt to identify speciic problems with the Book of Mormon. Various anachronisms, absurdities and contradictions with the Bible are identiied. The Book of Mormon shows evidence of being a mere product of its environment.

ID = [79359]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1832-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:18
Towle, Nancy. Vicissitudes Illustrated in the Experience of Nancy Towle in Europe and America. Charleston: For the authoress by James L. Burges, 1832.
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The personal account of a woman preacher’s experiences while preaching in America. Pages 137-46 discuss her encounter with the Book of Mormon and the Mormons in Kirtland. Appalled by the pretensions of such a book, she dismisses it as a deceitful fraud.

ID = [78749]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1832-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Unattributed. “The Mormonites.” The Churchman 1 (4 February 1832):181-82.
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Finds that Joseph Smith, Martin Harris, and Sidney Rigdon are religious fanatics claiming to possess a Golden Bible, but in reality only possessing a wild imagination and a desire to become rich. These reprobates hold meetings to disseminate their plot—the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80552]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1832-02-04  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:33
Evening and Morning Star. “The Book of Mormon.” Evening and Morning Star Vol. 1, no. 1: June 1832.
ID = [76385]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1832-06-01  Collections:  bom,em-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:35
Evening and Morning Star. “The Book of Ether.” Evening and Morning Star Vol. 1, no. 3: August 1832.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [76386]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1832-08-01  Collections:  bom,em-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:35
Evening and Morning Star. “The Book of Jacob.” Evening and Morning Star Vol. 1, no. 4: September 1832.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
ID = [76387]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1832-09-01  Collections:  bom,em-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:35
Evening and Morning Star. “The Book of Moroni.” Evening and Morning Star Vol. 1, no. 5: October 1832.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76388]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1832-10-01  Collections:  bom,em-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:35
Phelps, William W. “The Resurrection of the Just.” Evening and the Morning Star Vol. 1, no. 7: December 1832: 49-51.
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Discusses the principle of resurrection as taught in the Bible and the Book of Mormon, a substantial part coming from Alma’s instruction to Corianton. [D.M.]

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
ID = [80860]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1832-12-01  Collections:  bom,em-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:50
Phelps, William W. “The Jews.” Evening and the Morning Star Vol. 1, no. 7: December 1832: 51-53.
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Addresses the prospect of the return of the Jews to Jerusalem to rebuild the holy city. Light is thrown on the subject by quoting passages from the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80861]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1832-12-01  Collections:  bom,em-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:50
Phelps, William W. “The Indians.” Evening and the Morning Star Vol. 1, no. 7: December 1832: 54.
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The American Indians are portrayed as remnants of Joseph. Quotations about them from the Book of Mormon are supplied.

ID = [80862]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1832-12-01  Collections:  bom,em-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:50
1833
Evening and Morning Star. “The Book of Mormon.” Evening and Morning Star Vol. 1, no. 8: January 1833.
ID = [76389]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1833-01-01  Collections:  bom,em-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:35
Evening and Morning Star. “The Testimony of Three Witnesses.” Evening and Morning Star Vol. 1, no. 8: January 1833.
ID = [76390]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1833-01-01  Collections:  bom,em-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:35
Evening and Morning Star. “And Also the Testimony of Eight Witnesses.” Evening and Morning Star Vol. 1, no. 8: January 1833.
ID = [76391]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1833-01-01  Collections:  bom,em-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:35
Evening and Morning Star. “Some of Mormon’s Teaching.” Evening and Morning Star Vol. 1, no. 8: January 1833.
ID = [76392]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1833-01-01  Collections:  bom,em-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:35
Priest, Josiah. American Antiquities. Albany, NY: Hoffman and White, 1833.
ID = [77207]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1833-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Evening and Morning Star. “Discovery of Ancient Ruins in Central America.” Evening and Morning Star Vol. 1, no. 9: February 1833.
ID = [76393]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1833-02-01  Collections:  bom,em-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:35
Evening and Morning Star. “From the Book of Ether.” Evening and Morning Star Vol. 1, no. 11: April 1833.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [76394]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1833-04-01  Collections:  bom,em-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:36
Evening and Morning Star. “The Book of Mormon.” Evening and Morning Star Vol. 2, no. 13: June 1833.
ID = [76395]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1833-06-01  Collections:  bom,em-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:36
Cowdery, Oliver. “Good Proof.” Evening and the Morning Star Vol. 2, no. 13: June 1833: 99.
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Submits archaeological finds in North Carolina and Ohio as evidence that the ancient inhabitants of America, as portrayed in the Book of Mormon, were skilled in the arts and sciences.

ID = [80863]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1833-06-01  Collections:  bom,em-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:50
Evening and Morning Star. “The Book of Mormon.” Evening and Morning Star Vol. 2, no. 14: July 1833.
ID = [76396]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1833-07-01  Collections:  bom,em-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:36
Reynolds, George. “History of the Book of Mormon.” Contributor 5 (October-December 1833, January- September 1884): 1-5, 41-47, 81-85, 121-25, 161-68, 201-6, 241-46, 281-86, 321-27, 361-67, 401-8, 441-47.
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Twelve-part series. Discussions include: the discovery, translation, and contents of the gold plates; Oliver Cowdery’s description of Hill Cumorah; the Three Witnesses; loss of the 116 pages of the Book of Mormon and the substitution of the small plates of Nephi; the 1830 edition; the history of the Book of Mormon, including the abridgment work of Mormon; a synopsis of Nephite history, which is divided into 3 epochs; the history of the Jaredites.

ID = [79535]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1833-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
1834
Cowdery, Oliver. “‘Dear Brother,’ [Letter I].” The Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate 1 (1834): 13-16.
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Introductory remarks; Oliver’s first meeting with Joseph Smith; translating the Book of Mormon; visitation of John the Baptist

Keywords: Cowdery, Oliver, Early Church History, John the Baptist, Smith, Joseph, Jr., Translation
ID = [76488]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1834-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,cowdery  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:41
Cowdery, Oliver. “‘Dear Brother,’ [Letter I].” The Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate 1 (1834): 13-16.
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Introductory remarks; Oliver’s first meeting with Joseph Smith; translating the Book of Mormon; visitation of John the Baptist

Keywords: Cowdery, Oliver, Early Church History, John the Baptist, Smith, Joseph, Jr., Translation
ID = [76031]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1834-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,cowdery  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:16
Howe, Eber D. Mormonism Unvailed. Painesville, Ohio: Howe, 1834.
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The theory that Joseph Smith copied the Book of Mormon from someone else’s writings was first introduced in 1834 in Eber D. Howe’s book, Mormonism Unvailed. It published materials gathered by Philastus Hurlbut which were intended to prove that the Book of Mormon came from a manuscript written by Solomon Spaulding (sometimes also spelled Spalding) in 1812. The claim that Joseph Smith used Spaulding’s writings as the source for the Book of Mormon has come to be known as the “Spaulding theory.”

Keywords: Spaulding theory
ID = [75387]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1834-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:43
Whitman, Jason. “Notices of Books: The Book of Mormon.” The Unitarian 1 (January 1834): 40-50.
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A polemical article attempting to discredit the Book of Mormon. The writer notes similarities between Book of Mormon and New Testament language and doctrines. Various anachronisms are mentioned such as the usage of the phrase “it came to pass,” poor grammar, modern ideas, a Christian Church before Christ, Gadianton robbers are viewed as nineteenth-century Masons, and lack of Israelite festivals and geographical evidences.

ID = [79916]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1834-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Hale, Isaac. “Statements of Mr. Hale.” New York Baptist Register XI (June 13, 1834): 68.
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Mr. Hale handled the box that contained the gold plates but was not allowed to look. Tells how Martin Harris came to assist in the translation, how the 116 pages were lost, and concerning Oliver Cowdery as scribe. Finds that the whole affair was a “silly fabrication of falsehood and wickedness”

ID = [80202]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1834-06-13  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:13
Cowdery, Oliver. “Trouble in the West.” Messenger and Advocate Vol. 1, no. 7: April 1835: 104-7.
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Responds to attacks against the Book of Mormon dealing with the Spaulding Manuscript, the birth of Jesus at Jerusalem, the ascription of Mary as the “mother of God,” and the appearance of Jesus to the Lehites.

ID = [80864]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1834-10-01  Collections:  bom,mess-adv  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:50
1835
Cowdery, Oliver. “Letter VI.” The Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate 1 (1835): 108-112.
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Further discussion on the gathering of Israel; biblical prophecies on the restoration of Israel; “rehearsal of what was communicated” to Joseph Smith by Moroni; summary of Book of Mormon teachings concerning the redemption of Israel in the latter days.

Keywords: Angel Moroni, Gathering of Israel, Prophecy, Redemption of Israel, Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76032]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1835-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,cowdery  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:16
Cowdery, Oliver. “Letter VII.” The Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate 1 (1835): 155-159.
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Description of Joseph Smith’s discovery of the golden plates; description of the hill in Palmyra, N.Y. “in which these records were deposited”; location identified as the “hill Cumorah”; identified as the same location where the Nephites and Jaredites were exterminated

Keywords: Angel Moroni, Gold Plates, Hill Cumorah, Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76033]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1835-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,cowdery  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:16
Cowdery, Oliver. “Letter IV.” The Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate 1 (1835): 77-80.
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Visitation of Moroni to Joseph Smith in 1823; description of Moroni’s physical appearance and instructions to Joseph Smith

Keywords: Angel Moroni, Early Church History, Gold Plates, Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76034]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1835-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,cowdery  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:16
Cowdery, Oliver. “Letter VIII.” The Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate 2 (1835): 195-201.
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Description of the topography of the hill Cumorah; description of the “cement” box in which the plates were deposited; description of Joseph Smith’s first attempt to retrieve the plates; extensive quotations of Moroni’s teachings and instructions to Joseph Smith; history of Joseph Smith from 1823–1827; concluding remarks

Keywords: Angel Moroni, Cement Box, Gold Plates, Hill Cumorah, Prophecy, Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76035]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1835-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom,cowdery  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:16
Cowdery, Oliver. “Extract from the Brookville Enquirer.” Messenger and Advocate Vol. 1, no. 5: February 1835: 77.
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Praises Orson Pratt’s skills in explaining and defending the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80865]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1835-01-01  Collections:  bom,mess-adv  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:50
Unattributed. References to the Book of Mormon. Kirtland: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1835.
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The earliest known reference guide to the Book of Mormon. Items listed are in order of pagination. The references refer to the chapters of the Book of Mormon and describe the contents of the chapter.

ID = [78200]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1835-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Partridge, Edward. “Letter.” Messenger and Advocate Vol. 1, no. 4: January 1835: 55-61.
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Bears testimony that the Book of Mormon proclaims the same gospel the apostles taught.

ID = [80866]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1835-02-01  Collections:  bom,mess-adv  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:50
Cowdery, Oliver. “Delusion.” Messenger and Advocate Vol. 1, no. 6: March 1835: 90-93.
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Title is taken from a pamphlet written by Alexander Campbell. Challenges Campbell’s arguments and discusses the Aaronic versus the Nephite priesthood, the offering of sacriice, a land of promise outside of Canaan, and the central role of the temple in Jerusalem.

ID = [80867]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1835-03-01  Collections:  bom,mess-adv  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:50
Cowdery, Oliver. “O. Cowdery’s First Letter to W. W. Phelps.” Messenger and Advocate Vol. 1, no. 1: October 1834: 13-16.
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A letter written to W. W. Phelps from Norton, Medina County, Ohio, Sabbath evening, September 7, 1834. Cowdery writes of his irst meeting with the prophet and his immediate work began as scribe for Joseph Smith for the translation of the Book of Mormon. Then he writes of the manifestation of the angel to give the Aaronic Priesthood.

ID = [80868]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1835-04-01  Collections:  bom,mess-adv  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:50
Unattributed. “Mormonism.” Christian Journal 1 (28 May 1835): 1.
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Blustery article on the Book of Mormon and its production by “Joe Smith,” Martin Harris, and Oliver Cowdery. Accepts the Spaulding story.

ID = [79810]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1835-05-28  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Whitmer, John. “Address.” Messenger and Advocate Vol. 2, no. 6: March 1836: 285-88.
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Reiterates his testimony as one of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon. Testimony is borne with conviction.

ID = [80871]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1835-09-01  Collections:  bom,mess-adv  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:51
Cowdery, Oliver. “The Record of the Nephites.” Vol. 2, no. 1:203. October 1835.
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An account of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and the receiving of the gold plates by Joseph Smith.

ID = [76407]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1835-10-01  Collections:  bom,mess-adv  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:36
P. “The Indians.” Messenger and Advocate Vol. 2, no. 4: January 1836: 245-48.
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Relates the Book of Mormon to American Indians and the gathering of Israel.

ID = [80870]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1835-10-01  Collections:  bom,mess-adv  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:51
Phelps, William W. “Letter No. 10 to Oliver Cowdery Concerning the Book of Mormon with Comment.” Messenger and Advocate Vol. 1, no. 12: September 1835: 177-79.
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An appreciation and defense of the Book of Mormon by an early Church member who sees the Book of Mormon as “the foundation, or starting point of the Church of Christ”

ID = [80869]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1835-11-01  Collections:  bom,mess-adv  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:51
1836
Phelps, William W. “Letter No. 12 to Oliver Cowdery Concerning Early Aspects about the Book of Mormon.” Messenger and Advocate Vol. 2, no. 2: November 1835: 221-23.
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Speaks of the Hill Cumorah, “which must become as famous among the latter- day saints, as Sinai was among the former day saints” Refers to criticisms of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80872]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1836-01-01  Collections:  bom,mess-adv  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:51
Phelps, William W. “Letter No. 11 to Oliver Cowdery Concerning the American Indians.” Messenger and Advocate Vol. 2, no. 1: October 1835: 193-95.
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Exults over the spiritual promises for the American Indians and contrasts their glorious destiny with the downfall of the Nephites at the time of Mormon. Refers to Zenos’s allegory of the olive tree in Jacob 5.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Enos
ID = [80873]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1836-03-01  Collections:  bom,mess-adv  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:51
Messenger and Advocate Staff. “Moroni’s Lamentation.” Messenger and Advocate Vol. 2, no. 11: August 1836.
Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
ID = [76415]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1836-08-01  Collections:  bom,mess-adv  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:37
Goodson, J. “Letter.” Messenger and Advocate Vol. 3, no. 1: October 1836: 397-99.
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Answers objections to the Book of Mormon concerning writing styles, quotations from the Bible contained in the Book of Mormon, non-Egyptian words such as “Jesus” and “Christ,” Ezra’s overlooking of Lehi’s writings, and Jesus not acknowledging the fulfillment of Lehi’s prophecies in his own life.

ID = [80874]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1836-10-01  Collections:  bom,mess-adv  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:51
1837
Pratt, Parley P. “The Book of Mormon - Origin of the American Indians, &c.” In A Voice of Warning and Instruction to All People, Containing a Declaration of the Faith and Doctrine of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, Commonly Called Mormons, 121-139. New York: W. Sandford, 29 Ann-St, 1837.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Native Americans, Old Testament, Prophecy, Prophet
ID = [76046]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1837-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:17
Pratt, Parley P. “The Book of Mormon - Origin of the American Indians, &c.” In A Voice of Warning and Instruction to All People, Containing a Declaration of the Faith and Doctrine of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, Commonly Called Mormons, 121-139. New York: W. Sandford, 29 Ann-St, 1837.
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Keywords: Ancient America, Native Americans, Old Testament, Prophecy, Prophet
ID = [76468]  Status = Type = book article  Date = 1837-01-01  Collections:  bmc-archive,bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:40
Priest, Josiah. American Antiquities and Discoveries in the West. Albany, NY: Hoffman and White, 1837.
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Contains information about “traces of an Egyptian custom in Kentucky,” “traits of the Mosaic history found” among the Indians of Mexico, and the “great stone calendar of the Mexicans”

ID = [77497]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1837-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Smith, William. “Evidences of the Book of Mormon.” Vol. 3, no. 4: January 1837: 433-35.
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Defends the Book of Mormon, drawing on proof texts found in Genesis 48-49, Psalm 85:11, and Ezekiel 37. Links truth and law with the descendants of Joseph, as found in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [76417]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1837-01-01  Collections:  bom,mess-adv  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:10:37
1838
Bacheler, Origen. Mormonism Exposed Internally and Externally. New York: 162 Nassau Street, 1838.
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One of the first major exposes of the Book of Mormon. The author considers the book “trash,” “vulgar,” and utterly devoid of merit. He provides a plethora of examples of what he considers bad English, modern phraseology and language, anachronistic statements, contradictions with the Bible, and absurdities. Provides a fairly good summary of common objections to the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78058]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1838-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Sunderland, LaRoy. Mormonism Exposed And Refuted. New York: Piercy and Reed Printers, 1838.
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A careful reading of the Book of Mormon exposes its “meanness” of diction, error in language, contradictions, and gross blasphemies. Any intelligent thinking person could not be deceived by such hypocrisy. The Book of Mormon is directly opposed to the Bible. The Book of Mormon is a book of plagiarism, filled with fraud. Favors the Spaulding theory.

ID = [78057]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1838-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Unattributed. “Mormonism Exposed and Refuted.” Universalist Union (5 May 1838): 205.
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Denounces Mormonism and the Book of Mormon that breathes “a spirit of cruelty” that is common in every man-devised religion. Through its doctrine of endless misery Mormonism consigns to hell those who do not believe in it.

ID = [79827]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1838-05-05  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
1839
Corrill, John. A Brief History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Commonly called Mormons); Including an Account of Their Doctrine and Discipline; with the Reasons of the Author for Leaving the Church. St. Louis, MO: John Corrill, 1839.
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Corrill presents a short history of the Church, including his thorough investigation of the Book of Mormon, his ultimate acceptance of it, his conversion to the Church, and the reasons he left the Church.

ID = [77392]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1839-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Cowdery, Oliver. sic]. Defense in a Rehearsal of My Grounds for Separating Myself from the Latter-day Saints. Norton, Ohio: Pressley’s Job Ofice, 1839.
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A purported denial of Mormonism, allegedly made by Oliver Cowdery in 1839. Likely a spurious account that denies Mormonism, and questions the truth of the Book of Mormon and the translation process. See Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “Oliver Cowdery’s Testimony” Ensign 17 (April 1987): 23-25.

ID = [78248]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1839-01-01  Collections:  bom,cowdery  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Davidson, Matilda Spaulding. Folly and Falsehood of the Book of Mormon. Hexham: E. Pruddah, 1839.
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The wife of Solomon Spaulding, Matilda Spaulding Davidson, provides reasons why Spaulding wrote Manuscript Found. She believes that the Book of Mormon is built on Manuscript Found and that Sidney Rigdon had access to the manuscript left by Spaulding at the printing office of Mr. Patterson sometime between the years 1812 and 1816.

ID = [79456]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1839-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:19
Davidson, Matilda Spaulding. “The Mormon Bible.” Millennial Harbinger 3 (1839): 265-68.
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The wife of Solomon Spaulding, Matilda Spaulding Davidson, provides reasons why Spaulding wrote Manuscript Found. She believes that the Book of Mormon is built on Manuscript Found and that Sidney Rigdon had access to the manuscript left by Spaulding at the printing office of Mr. Patterson sometime between the years 1812 and 1816.

ID = [80547]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1839-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:32
Davidson, Matilda Spaulding. “The Mormon Bible.” The Family Magazine 6 (1839): 429-30.
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The wife of Solomon Spaulding, Matilda Spaulding Davidson, provides reasons why Spaulding wrote Manuscript Found. She believes that the Book of Mormon is built on Manuscript Found and that Sidney Rigdon had access to the manuscript left by Spaulding at the printing office of Mr. Patterson sometime between the years 1812 and 1816.

ID = [80548]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1839-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:33
Stevenson, H. Lecture on Mormonism. Newcastle: J. Blackwell and Company, 1839.
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A polemical tract based on a lecture given to a Methodist congregation in Alston in 1838. The Book of Mormon is “a foolish and wicked forgery” that has no historical basis whatsoever. It is a book full of anachronistic statements, absurdities, and contradictions with the Bible.

ID = [77969]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1839-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Campbell, Alexander. “The Mormon Bible.” Millennial Harbinger, June 1839.
ID = [77254]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1839-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Green, John P. “From The Elders Abroad.” Times and Seasons Vol. 1, no. 2: December 1839: 28-29.
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A letter from John Green reporting the activities of the mission in New Jersey. The elders had borne testimony concerning the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80875]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1839-12-01  Collections:  bom,times-seasons  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:51

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