FootnotePalmer, G. H., 2002. An Insider’s View of Mormon Origins. Signature Books, pages 4-5. See also: http://irr.org/facts-on-book-of-mormon-witnesses-part-1
FootnoteImage of Harmony cabin: courtesy Dale Broadhurst Smith likely had several drivers for rapid dictation. Emma’s illness after loss of her firstborn would have slowed dictation in the Winter of 1828-29 and created a need for a different scribe. With Cowdery as...