Mrs. Harris's Vision of the Plates
Published October 27, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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Lucy Mack Smith History Research
After persistently importuning Joseph Smith to show her the plates, Mrs. Harris had a dream where a personage appeared to her, corrected her for her disbelief and improper questions, and said, 'Behold, here are the plates, look upon them and believe.'
In Their Own Words
“The next morning, soon after she arose, she related a very remarkable dream which she had had during the night. It ran about as follows: She said that a personage appeared to her, who told her that as she had disputed the servant of the Lord, and said his word was not to be believed, and had also asked him many improper questions, she had done that which was not right in the sight of God. After which he said to her, “Behold, here are the plates, look upon them and believe.” — Lucy Mack Smith, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother, Chapter XXIV”
Sources & References
Lucy Mack Smith, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother (Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith), first published 1853, Chapter XXIV. https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket0000lucy (account extracted verbatim from the book's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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