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The Kirtland Egyptian papers are housed in the newly-constructed Church History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, along with over a dozen other documents produced ca. 1835 and 1842 in Kirtland, Ohio, and Nauvoo, Illinois. Due to controversy about the order of production, there is no generally accepted manuscript numbering scheme. The numbers reported below refer to the folder numbers under which the manuscripts are catalogued in the Church archives. These folder numbers were assigned by Hugh Nibley ca. 1971. Although they were intended to reflect the order of production, there is general agreement today that the manuscripts were not produced in exactly this order.
- Egyptian Ms. #1, 1 volume, 31 x 20 cm, titled "Grammar & Aphabet of the Egyptian Language," in the handwriting of W. W. Phelps, with brief addenda by Warren Parrish.
- Egyptian Ms. #2, 21 x 20 cm, titled "Egyptian Counting," in the handwriting of W. W. Phelps. Containing characters with English interpretations.
- Egyptian Ms. #3, 32 x 30 cm, titled "Egyptian Alphabet," in the handwriting of W. W. Phelps.
- Egyptian Ms. #4, 33 x 20 cm, titled "Egyptian Alphabet," in the handwriting of Joseph Smith.
- Egyptian Ms. #5, various sizes, in the handwriting of Oliver Cowdery. Title is unreadable, but probably read "Egyptian Alphabet".
- Egyptian Ms. #6, 1 volume, 20 x 13 cm, titled "Valuable Discovery of hiden records..." in the handwriting of Joseph Smith. English contents in the handwriting of Oliver Cowdery.
- Egyptian Ms. #7, 1 volume, 20 x 16 cm, English contents in the handwriting of W. W. Phelps. "F.G.W." and "William" are written on the back cover.
- Egyptian Ms. #8, 32 x 40 cm. Egyptian Characters and hieroglyphics.
- Egyptian Ms. #9, 39 x 19 cm. Characters by an unknown author.
- Egyptian Ms. #10, 33 x 20 cm. Egyptian papyrus attached to a sheet of paper.
- Book of Abraham Ms. #1, 10 pages, 32 x 20 cm. Translation of Abraham 1:1 to 2:18 in the handwriting of W. W. Phelps and Warren Parrish.
- Book of Abraham Ms. #2, 4 pages, 33 x 19 cm. Book of Abraham 1:4 to 2:6 in the handwriting of Frederick G. Williams.
- Book of Abraham Ms. #3, 6 pages, 32 x 19 cm. Book of Abraham 1:4 to 2:2 in the handwriting of Warren Parrish.
- Book of Abraham Ms. #4, ca. 1841, 29 x 20 cm. Book of Abraham 1:1 to 3:26 in the handwriting of Willard Richards. Explanations of Facsimile No. 1 appear on p. 2, obverse.
- Facsimile No. 2, ca. 1841, various sizes. Includes explanations in the handwriting of Willard Richards.
- A Facsimile from the Book of Abraham No. 2 ca. 1843. 32 x 19 cm. Engraved by Reuben Hedlock. On the back is a letter dated August 1, 1843 to Clyde Williams & Co. of Harrisburg, Pa., signed by Joseph Smith & W. W. Phelps.
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