Excerpt from The Book of Mormon Verified

The Book of Mormon was published in 1830, copyrighted June 11, 1829, and the plates from which it was translated were first received by Joseph Smith in 1827. It comes to us as the record of the ancient inhabitants of America, of whom but little was then written and much less known. But much has been discovered concerning these mysterious aborigines in recent years which almost perfectly accords with the Book of Mormon record in its prominent features, thus confirming it as a true history of these ancient people of whom numerous ideas have been advanced concerning their origin. On this point A. J. Gonant says, page 113: "None of the many theories, some of which seemed quite probable at first view, have withstood the test of later investigations." - Footprints of Vanished Races, published 1879.

Notwithstanding the failure of all these theories, we confidently present the only work ever claiming to give a true record of these ancients, believing investigation will show it to be genuine.

Short's North Americans of Antiquity, published in 1880, says, on pages 144 and 145: "Closely allied to the theory of the ten lost tribes, is the claim set forth in that pretentious fraud, the Book of Mormon... The claim, of course, merits mention only on the ground of its romantic character, and not on the supposition, for a moment, that it contains a grain of truth."

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