Image: The Book of Mormon- An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi

Description: Title page of a 1830 copy of The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi
Title: The Book of Mormon- An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi
Credit: Joseph Smith, Jr.. Image from The Library of Congress
Author: Joseph Smith, Jr.
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