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In 1838, Joseph Smith related an account based on Harris ' version of the meeting.

Smith wrote that Anthon " stated that the translation was correct, more so than any he had before seen translated from the Egyptian.

then showed him those not yet translated, and said they were Egyptian, Chaldaic, Assyriac, and Arabic ; and that they were " true characters.

" According to the same account, Anthon provided Harris with a certificate as to the veracity of the characters but tore it up after learning the characters were copied from a book said to have been delivered by an angel.