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Copies of Book of Mormon Characters, Harmony Township, Susquehanna Co., PA

Between 23 September 1827 and Late June 1829

Between 23 Sept. 1827 and late June 1829. Not extant.
1
JS recalled copying a set of characters from the Book of Mormon plates. While it is often assumed Martin Harris took the original copy of the characters with him East, it seems just as likely that he would have taken a secondary copy. Neither original nor secondary copies are extant. (See JS History, vol. A-1, 9; JS History, ca. Summer 1832, 5.)
Between ca. 1829 and 1831; “Caractors;” CCLA; English word in handwriting of John Whitmer; characters probably also in Whitmer’s handwriting.
Between ca. 1835 and 1836; Characters; CHL; handwriting of Oliver Cowdery; characters presumably in Cowdery’s handwriting.
Ca. 1836; “Characters on the Book of Mormon”; Revelations Collection, CHL; handwriting of Frederick G. Williams.
1844;The Stick of Joseph, Taken from the Hand of Ephraim, broadside, [New York City, NY: Prophet, 1844], copy at CHL.
Ca. 1980; Historical Department, Materials Received from Mark W. Hofmann, CHL; handwriting of Mark Hofmann forging handwriting of JS. FORGERY.
2
See Turley, Victims, 27, 348.
Comprehensive Works Cited
Turley, Richard E., Jr. Victims: The LDS Church and the Mark Hofmann Case. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992.