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Others Kept Records on Metal Plates, Too

TitleOthers Kept Records on Metal Plates, Too
Publication TypeMagazine Article
Year of Publication1957
AuthorsHarris, Franklin S.
MagazineThe Instructor
Volume92
Issue Number10
Pagination318-321
Date PublishedOctober 1957
KeywordsGold Plates; Metal Plates; Metallurgy; Recordkeeping
Abstract

Book of Mormon peoples kept records on metal plates. Early critics claimed that this was impossible since ancient metallurgy was not sufficiently advanced, but many other metal records have been discovered since the days of Joseph Smith. Includes a table of plates found and a map of sites.