Joseph Smith apparently accepted the challenge. William Clayton recorded in his journal: “...President J. has translated a portion and says they contain the history of the person with whom they were found, and he was a descendant of Ham through the loins of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and that he received his kingdom from the Ruler of heaven and earth.”

Detail of foreground plate
Hook a Kinderhook (detail of foreground plate)
© 1992 Warren Farr
oil on hardboard, image 14” h x 18” w, N33
private collection

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