Book of Mormon

File — Box: 9, Folder: 11

Identifier: III

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

JFS, letter to George Reynolds, 19 April 1885, 6 pp.
JFS, letter to "My Dear Brother," 30 July 1885, 2 pp.
JFS, letter to L. L. Rice, 1 April 1886, 3 pp.
"Angel Moroni or Nephi?"
JFS, "Contradictions respecting the Messenger who visit[ed] Joseph Smith previous to his receiving the plates," says: "After a thorough investigation into the cause of this difference [between Moroni and Nephi] by Pres. Geo. A. Smith, Robert L. Campbell and Jos. F. Smith, by order of Pres. B. Young; It was decided that the use of the name 'Nephi' in reference to the Messenger who visited Joseph Smith [on] Sept. 21, 1823 is an error, arising from the car[e]lessness or inadvertency of one of the Prophets scribes and his oversight amidst his many cares, anxieties and labors at the time of the first writing and publishing of this part of the Prophet's History."
B. H. Roberts, "Translation of the Book of Mormon."

Dates

1820-1984

Conditions Governing Access

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