Item Detail
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32018
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3
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3
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English
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Anthon Transcript
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Encyclopedia of Mormonism
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New York, NY
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Macmillan
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"The Anthon Transcript was a sheet of paper, thought to be lost, upon which Joseph Smith copied sample 'reformed Egyptian' characters from the plates of the Book of Mormon. In the winter of 1828, Martin Harris showed these characters to Dr. Charles Anthon of Columbia College (now Columbia University), hence the name. [Author]