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TitleThe Eight Witnesses
Publication TypeMagazine Article
Year of Publication1888
AuthorsJenson, Andrew
MagazineThe Historical Record
Volume7
Issue Number8-10
Pagination609-622
Date PublishedOctober 1888
KeywordsEight Witnesses; Page, Hiram; Smith, Hyrum; Smith, Joseph, Jr.; Smith, Samuel; Sr; Whitmer, Christian; Whitmer, Jacob; Whitmer, John; Whitmer, Mary; Whitmer, Peter, Jr.
Abstract

A biographical sketch of each of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon (with the exception of Hyrum Smith, and Joseph Smith Sr.). Underscores the fact that the witnesses never denied their experience of handling the plates. Mary Musselman Whitmer, the mother of the five Whitmer sons who were witnesses, is also identified.