Wilford Woodruff records an account of the "Cumorah Cave."

Date
Dec 11, 1869
Type
Personal Journal / Diary
Source
Wilford Woodruff
LDS
Hearsay
Holograph
3rd Hand
Late
Reference

Wilford Woodruff Journal, December 11, 1869, Wilford Woodruff Papers

Scribe/Publisher
Wilford Woodruff
People
Brigham Young, Wilford Woodruff, Joseph Smith, Jr., Oliver Cowdery
Audience
N/A
Transcription

President Young said in relation to Joseph Smith returning the Plates of the Book of Mormon that He did not returne them to the Box from where He had received But He went im a cave in the Hill Comoro with Oliver Cowdry & deposited those plates upon a table or shelf & in that room were deposited a large amount of gold plates containing sacred records & when they first visited that room the sword of Laban was Hanging upon the wall & when they last visited it, the sword was drawn from the scabbard & lew upon da table & a Messenger who was the keeper of the room informed them that that sword would never be returned to its scabbard untill the Kingdom of God was Esstablished upon the Earth & untill it reigned triumphant over Evry Enemy Joseph Smith said that cave contained tons of choice Treaassures & records

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