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Eyewitness accounts associated with the Joseph Smith Papyri
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'''Eyewitness accounts associated with the [[Joseph Smith Papyri]]''' are key to understanding the content, purpose and meaning of the [[Book of Abraham]], a canonized text of the [[Latter day Saint Movement]]. In 1835, [[Joseph Smith]], founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, came into possession of four mummies, two papyrus rolls, and various papyrus fragments, which Smith said contained the writings of the ancient biblical patriarchs Abraham and Joseph.
The papyrus and mummies were presumed burned in the [[Great Chicago Fire]] of 1871, but some were rediscovered in 1967. There are several dozen known eyewitness accounts from before the fire, which have become essential to understanding how much was lost, and which papyri the Book of Abraham came from. The intent and meaning of each eyewitness has been highly scrutinized, and in some cases vigorously debated.<ref>Muhlestein, Kerry ''A Careful Examination of the Eyewitness Accounts Associated
with the Joseph Smith Papyri'' Journal of Mormon History , Vol. 42, No. 4 (October 2016), pp. 31-50</ref>
==Eyewitness Accounts Prior to Joseph Smith's Possession==
==Eyewitness Accounts in the Kirtland Era 1835-1838==
==Eyewitness Accounts in the Missouri Era 1838-1839==
==Eyewitness Accounts in the Nauvoo Era 1838-1844==
==Eyewitness Accounts After the Dead of Joseph Smith 1844-1871==
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