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	* Richard Anderson described multiple accounts of ''all'' the Witnesses bearing testimony and reaffirming their published testimony:<ref>{{Book:Anderson:Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses\|pages=137-138}}</ref>		* Richard Anderson described multiple accounts of ''all'' the Witnesses bearing testimony and reaffirming their published testimony:<ref>{{Book:Anderson:Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses\|pages=137-138}}</ref>

	::The three Smiths who formally gave their names as seeing and handling the plates were the Prophet's father, Joseph Smith, Sr.; the Prophet's older brother, Hyrum; and his immediately younger brother, Samuel Harrison. They sometimes joined the other Book of Mormon witnesses to reaffirm their testimony printed in the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon regarding lifting and turning the leaves of the plates. After quoting the published statements of the Three and Eight Witnesses, and describing the experience of the latter group, Lucy Smith relates, "The ensuing evening, we held a meeting, in which all the witnesses bore testimony to the facts as stated above."<ref>{{Book:Smith:Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith and Progenitors\|pages=141}} </ref> Two years later, in the period of dynamic preaching of the early elders, a conference was held near Cleveland, Ohio, remembered by Luke Johnson as follows: "At this conference the eleven witnesses to the Book of Mormon, with uplifted hands, bore their solemn testimony to the truth of that book, as did also the Prophet Joseph."<ref>''Deseret News'' (26 May 1858).</ref>		::The three Smiths who formally gave their names as seeing and handling the plates were the Prophet's father, Joseph Smith, Sr.; the Prophet's older brother, Hyrum; and his immediately younger brother, Samuel Harrison. They sometimes joined the other Book of Mormon witnesses to reaffirm their testimony printed in the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon regarding lifting and turning the leaves of the plates. After quoting the published statements of the Three and Eight Witnesses, and describing the experience of the latter group, Lucy Smith relates, "The ensuing evening, we held a meeting, in which all the witnesses bore testimony to the facts as stated above."<ref>{{Book:Smith:Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith and Progenitors\|pages=141}}</ref> Two years later, in the period of dynamic preaching of the early elders, a conference was held near Cleveland, Ohio, remembered by Luke Johnson as follows: "At this conference the eleven witnesses to the Book of Mormon, with uplifted hands, bore their solemn testimony to the truth of that book, as did also the Prophet Joseph."<ref>''Deseret News'' (26 May 1858).</ref>


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	::The three Smiths who formally gave their names as seeing and handling the plates were the Prophet's father, Joseph Smith, Sr.; the Prophet's older brother, Hyrum; and his immediately younger brother, Samuel Harrison. They sometimes joined the other Book of Mormon witnesses to reaffirm their testimony printed in the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon regarding lifting and turning the leaves of the plates. After quoting the published statements of the Three and Eight Witnesses, and describing the experience of the latter group, Lucy Smith relates, "The ensuing evening, we held a meeting, in which all the witnesses bore testimony to the facts as stated above."<ref>{{Book:Smith:Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith and Progenitors\|pages=141}} </ref> Two years later, in the period of dynamic preaching of the early elders, a conference was held near Cleveland, Ohio, remembered by Luke Johnson as follows: "At this conference the eleven witnesses to the Book of Mormon, with uplifted hands, bore their solemn testimony to the truth of that book, as did also the Prophet Joseph."<ref>''Deseret News'' (26 May 1858).</ref>		::The three Smiths who formally gave their names as seeing and handling the plates were the Prophet's father, Joseph Smith, Sr.; the Prophet's older brother, Hyrum; and his immediately younger brother, Samuel Harrison. They sometimes joined the other Book of Mormon witnesses to reaffirm their testimony printed in the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon regarding lifting and turning the leaves of the plates. After quoting the published statements of the Three and Eight Witnesses, and describing the experience of the latter group, Lucy Smith relates, "The ensuing evening, we held a meeting, in which all the witnesses bore testimony to the facts as stated above."<ref>{{Book:Smith:Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith and Progenitors\|pages=141}} </ref> Two years later, in the period of dynamic preaching of the early elders, a conference was held near Cleveland, Ohio, remembered by Luke Johnson as follows: "At this conference the eleven witnesses to the Book of Mormon, with uplifted hands, bore their solemn testimony to the truth of that book, as did also the Prophet Joseph."<ref>''Deseret News'' (26 May 1858).</ref>


			==Who was the angel who appeared?==
			Tradition among Latter-day Saints posits that the angel who appeared to the Three Witnesses was the Angel Moroni. Although this is possible, there is no contemporary documentary evidence to support this claim. Thus, the Church's ''Saints'' series (specifically, volume 1) does not name the angel.

			According to James Hart, who interviewed David Whitmer in 1883, David Whitmer stated that he never learned the angel's name:
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			"Did the personage or angel who showed you the plates tell you his name?" I asked. Mr. Whitmer replied: "No, he did not. The idea has obtained ground that it was Moroni, the last of the Nephite Prophets. It may have been M[o]roni or it may have been one of the three Nephite Apostles who were promised that they should not taste of death. It is not important who he was, but I know he was a messenger from God."<ref>[https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=23176783 "Interview with David Whitmer, Etc.,"] ''Deseret Evening News'' 16, no. 240 (Sept. 4, 1883).</ref>
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==All Three Witnesses==
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===Statements regarding all Three Witnesses===

* Richard Anderson described multiple accounts of ''all'' the Witnesses bearing testimony and reaffirming their published testimony:<ref>{{Book:Anderson:Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses|pages=137-138}}</ref>

::The three Smiths who formally gave their names as seeing and handling the plates were the Prophet's father, Joseph Smith, Sr.; the Prophet's older brother, Hyrum; and his immediately younger brother, Samuel Harrison. They sometimes joined the other Book of Mormon witnesses to reaffirm their testimony printed in the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon regarding lifting and turning the leaves of the plates. After quoting the published statements of the Three and Eight Witnesses, and describing the experience of the latter group, Lucy Smith relates, "The ensuing evening, we held a meeting, in which all the witnesses bore testimony to the facts as stated above."<ref>{{Book:Smith:Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith and Progenitors|pages=141}} </ref> Two years later, in the period of dynamic preaching of the early elders, a conference was held near Cleveland, Ohio, remembered by Luke Johnson as follows: "At this conference the eleven witnesses to the Book of Mormon, with uplifted hands, bore their solemn testimony to the truth of that book, as did also the Prophet Joseph."<ref>''Deseret News'' (26 May 1858).</ref>

{{:Question: Did the three witnesses's experience of seeing the plates and the angel take place only in their minds?}}
{{:Question: Does the belief that the experience had visionary qualities contradict the claim that the plates were real?}}
{{:Question: What did the Book of Mormon witnesses mean when they used the word "supernatural" to describe their experiences?}}
{{:Question: Did the Three Witnesses have personal, subjective experiences?}}
{{:Question: Did the Three Witnesses consider Joseph Smith a "fallen prophet" after they left the Church?}}
{{:Question: Did the Three Witnesses each add their own signature to the original Book of Mormon manuscript?}}