[4]. The above statement was made by Oliver Cowdery, at a special conference held at Kanesville, Iowa, Oct. 21, 1848. It was first published in the Deseret News of April 13, 1859: Bishop Reuben Miller, who was present at the meeting, reported Cowdery's remarks.
[5]. From An Address to all Believers in Christ, by David Whitmer, A Witness to the Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon, published at Richmond, Missouri, 1887, p. 12.
[6]. Harris' Statement to Edward Stevenson, Millennial Star, vol. 44, p. 87.
[7]. Cannon's Life of Joseph Smith, p. 56.
[8]. Nearly all the anti-"Mormon" works dealing with the coming forth of the Book of Mormon speak of the "Seer Stone" and reiterate the falsehood that the Prophet stole it from the children of Willard Chase, for whom Joseph and Hyrum were digging a well.
[9]. Statement of Martin Harris, to Edward Stevenson, Millennial Star, vol. 44, pp. 86, 87.
[10]. Harris' Statement to Edward Stevenson, Millennial Star, vol. 44, pp. 78, 79; 86, 87.
[11]. Address to All Believers in Christ, p. 30.
[12]. Braden and Kelley, Debate on Divine Origin of Book of Mormon, p. 186. The above debate took place in 1884, several years before the death of David Whitmer, and the statement from which the above is taken was quoted in full.
[13]. D. & C., sec. 8:1-3, 11.