[187] One set of plates to which the Book of Mormon refers was "sealed up" in the sense that they were written in a language that could not be read. [51] Smith then set off to visit the hill, later stating that he used his seer stone to locate the place that the plates were buried[52] but that he "knew the place the instant that [he] arrived there. [37] Smith recorded some of these commandments but made it clear the main thrust of Moroni's message was that he had to keep God's commandments in general. Lost your password? Contents of this site are © Copyright 2020 Prescott Newspapers, Inc. and Western News&Info®, Inc. All rights reserved. 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The Golden Plate Award has been presented since 1961 by the American Academy of Achievement to approximately 25 guests of honor at the International Achievement Summit. Chosen by the Academy’s Awards Council and other distinguished authorities, these men and women of exceptional accomplishment in the sciences, the professions, business, industry, arts, literature, sports, … In the 19th century, the most common explanation was that he copied the work from a manuscript written by Solomon Spaulding. Smith said that the plates were engraved in an unknown language, and he told associates that he was capable of reading and translating them. [104], After the loss of the first 116 manuscript pages, Smith translated with a single seer stone, which some sources say he had previously used in treasure-seeking. During the Second Great Awakening, Joseph Smith lived on his parents' farm near Palmyra, New York. Our team is young and enthusiastic about delicious, well presented organic, local and seasonal produce and attention to detail. [101] The translation occurred in two phases: the first, from December 1827 to June 1828, during which Smith transcribed some of the characters and then dictated 116 manuscript pages to Harris, which were lost. [125], In April 1828, Martin Harris's wife, Lucy, visited Harmony with her husband and demanded to see the plates. [87], Once home in Manchester, he said he walked to Cumorah, removed the plates from their hiding place, and walked home through the woods and away from the road with the plates wrapped in a linen frock under his arm. Smith's translation process evolved from his previous use of seer stones in treasure-seeking. 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David Whitmer said that when an angel showed him the plates in 1829, "a large portion of the leaves were so securely bound together that it was impossible to separate them,"[192] that the "sealed" part of the plates were held together as a solid mass "stationary and immovable,"[193] "as solid to my view as wood,"[194] and that there were "perceptible marks where the plates appeared to be sealed"[195] with leaves "so securely bound that it was impossible to separate them. [95] After hearing that a group of them would attempt to enter the house by force, Smith buried the chest under the hearth,[96] and the family was able to scare away the intended intruders. [22], Smith did not consider himself to be a "peeper" or "glass-looker", a practice he called "nonsense". [130], After translation was complete, Smith said he returned the plates to the angel, but he did not elaborate about this experience. The 19th century, the angel Moroni had commanded him not to show to... 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