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September 2020

September 11, 2020

Late 1870, near Logan, Utah

Here are some reminiscences from William Pilkington, as given in Susan Easton Black...

September 09, 2020

Martin Harris, testifying in 1870

Here are some further reports about Martin Harris just before and following his...

September 01, 2020

The aged Martin Harris in Utah

Reports about Martin Harris upon his arrival in Utah in 1870, from Susan...

August 2020

August 19, 2020

On “The Witnesses: Variety and Complexity”

Last night (Tuesday, 18 August 2020), I gave a little class or fireside...

August 09, 2020

Answers to questions that were submitted after my presentation at FairMormon last Friday

I pre-recorded my remarks to the 2020 FairMormon conference. On Friday afternoon, when...

August 01, 2020

“Witnesses”: A Brief Progress Report

This evening (Saturday evening) we participated in the showing of our Witnesses dramatic...

July 2020

July 30, 2020

Martin Harris, William Smith, and the quest for Colorado gold

When we were out and about along the Blue River near Breckenridge, Colorado,...

July 04, 2020

“A faithful testimony”

Two excerpts from Susan Easton Black and Larry C. Porter, Martin Harris: Uncompromising Witness...

July 02, 2020

August 1870, with Martin Harris

Here are a couple of passages from Susan Easton Black and Larry C....

June 2020

June 29, 2020

“Spelling in the Manuscripts and Editions”

Below is a four-page statement that Royal Skousen has shared with me regarding the...

June 25, 2020

“Strictly upright”

I share here some notes from Susan Easton Black and Larry C. Porter, Martin...

June 19, 2020

“Ever ready to share his conviction”

A very slight little essay (by me) has appeared today in Interpreter: A...

June 18, 2020

The Murder of Martin Harris

From Susan Easton Black and Larry C. Porter, Martin Harris: Uncompromising Witness of the...

June 17, 2020

“And you know that I know that it is true.”

From Susan Easton Black and Larry C. Porter, Martin Harris: Uncompromising Witness of the...

May 2020

May 26, 2020

Gathering the scriptural passages about the experience of the Book of Mormon Witnesses

I'm working toward the writing of a kind of brief introduction to the...

May 02, 2020

BYU Education Week this August

A week or two ago, I signed a contract to speak at BYU...

April 2020

April 02, 2020

Blackening Martin Harris’s Reputation, Post-1830

From Susan Easton Black and Larry C. Porter, Martin Harris: Uncompromising Witness of the...

April 01, 2020

Martin Harris and the Coronavirus

Up now on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: "Teachings and Testimony...

March 2020

March 28, 2020

Martin Harris, reputable witness

I offer here some additional notes from Susan Easton Black and Larry C. Porter, Martin...

March 08, 2020

The sacrifice of Martin Harris

Thanks to the generous efforts of many volunteers and the kind support of...

February 2020

February 29, 2020

“A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest”

I've found myself thinking of the lyrics to an old Simon and Garfunkel...

February 03, 2020

The gullible Martin Harris and his wife, Lucy

Martin Harris, one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, is...

January 2020

January 29, 2020

“Brothers and Sisters, do you know who has been in your midst this night?”

Here are a few more notes from Susan Easton Black and Larry C. Porter, Martin...

January 27, 2020

Martin Harris on the witness stand in Lyons, New York

A few more notes from Susan Easton Black and Larry C. Porter, Martin Harris: Uncompromising...

November 2019

November 06, 2019

On “Edward Stevenson’s Journal Entry about Martin Harris”

The Interpreter Foundation continues to grow because it continues to produce. I'm deeply...

October 2019

October 08, 2019

An Important Milestone

My wife and I attended a marvelous concert this evening by the remarkable...

October 07, 2019

Personal Perspectives and Historical Reconstructions

Thanks to the inquiry of a reader, I now realize that I didn't...

April 2019

April 22, 2019

Some additional information on the “Witnesses” film effort

A few days ago, I blogged a brief progress report regarding a major...

April 09, 2018

Martin Harris, the Careful Investigator (Revisited)

Two passages from the reminiscences of Martin Harris, taken from a somewhat longer...

April 04, 2018

Martin Harris, the Careful Investigator

Here are a few short quotations from Martin Harris, taken from a somewhat...