Anthon Transcript
Charles Anthon is famous among members of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as Mormons) because of his interactions with Martin Harris concerning a fragment of Joseph Smith's translation of the Book of Mormon. The fragment was later known as the Anthon Transcript. According to Harris, Anthon wrote Harris a letter of authenticity declaring the fragment to contain true Egyptian characters. Anthon was also reported to have confirmed the translation of these characters as correct. When informed that an angel of God had revealed the characters to Joseph Smith, Anthon tore up the authentication. Anthon later claimed that he recognized a hoax and never wrote a letter of authenticity.
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