Article Title

"Salamanders" and "Short-Hand Egyptian"

Authors

Keywords

Martin Harris, W. W. Phelps, white salamander, Joseph Smith

Abstract

The 1830 letter of Martin Harris to W. W. Phelps, published in the Church News in April, has already attracted national attention. In this letter, Harris describes an early spiritual appearance to Joseph Smith, stating that "the spirit transfigured himself from a white salamander in the bottom of the hole."

Recommended Citation

(1985) ""Salamanders" and "Short-Hand Egyptian"," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 5: No. 2, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol5/iss2/2