Book of Mormon Plates and Records

Some Sources of the Records

Records That Made Up the Plates

Record of Lehi

Plates of brass

Benjamin’s speech

Writings of Zeniff

Writings of Alma

Writings of sons of Mosiah

Epistles of Helaman, Pahoran, Captain Moroni

Writings of Nephi³

Writings of the Jaredites

Epistles from Mormon

Small plates of Nephi

1–2 Nephi, Jacob, Enos, Jarom, Omni

Words of Mormon

Large plates of Nephi

Lehi, Mosiah, Alma, Helaman, 3–4 Nephi

Mormon

Ether

Moroni

Title page

Sealed portion
(not translated)

Gold plates

Manuscript of book of Lehi (lost 116 pages)

Original manuscript

1829

Printer’s manuscript

1829–30

The Book of Mormon

1830

Quotation

Abridgement