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The following is a portion of John Murphy's interview with David Whitmer, written from Murphy's perspective.<ref>John Murphy to the Editor, undate, ''Hamiltonian'', 21 January 1881, quoted in "David Whitmer Interview with John Murphy, June 1880," Early Mormon Documents 5:63.</ref>: | The following is a portion of John Murphy's interview with David Whitmer, written from Murphy's perspective.<ref>John Murphy to the Editor, undate, ''Hamiltonian'', 21 January 1881, quoted in "David Whitmer Interview with John Murphy, June 1880," Early Mormon Documents 5:63.</ref>: | ||
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[Murphy]: "First of all, I heard you saw an angel. I never saw one. I want your description of [the] shape, voice, brogue and the construction of his language. I mean as to his style of speaking. You know that we can often determine the class a man belongs to by his language." | [Murphy]: "First of all, I heard you saw an angel. I never saw one. I want your description of [the] shape, voice, brogue and the construction of his language. I mean as to his style of speaking. You know that we can often determine the class a man belongs to by his language."<br> | ||
[Whitmer]: "It had no appearance or shape." | [Whitmer]: "It had no appearance or shape."<br> | ||
[Murphy]: "Then you saw nothing nor heard nothing?" | [Murphy]: "Then you saw nothing nor heard nothing?"<br> | ||
[Whitmer]: "Nothing, in the way you understand it." | [Whitmer]: "Nothing, in the way you understand it."<br> | ||
[Murphy]: "How, then, could you have borne testimony that you saw and heard an angel?" | [Murphy]: "How, then, could you have borne testimony that you saw and heard an angel?"<br> | ||
[Whitmer]: "Have you never had impressions?" | [Whitmer]: "Have you never had impressions?"<br> | ||
[Murphy]: "Then you had impressions as the quaker when the spirit moves, or as a good Methodist in giving a happy experience, a feeling?" | [Murphy]: "Then you had impressions as the quaker when the spirit moves, or as a good Methodist in giving a happy experience, a feeling?"<br> | ||
[Whitmer]: "Just so." | [Whitmer]: "Just so." | ||
When David Whitmer saw this, he published | When David Whitmer saw this account published, he published his own rebuttal to John Murphy's portrayal of his witness experience on 19 March 1881. Whitmer vigorously refuted Murphy's account <ref>"David Whitmer Proclamation, 19 March 1881," quoted in Early Mormon Documents 5:69</ref>: | ||
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David Whitmer: "Which has so long since been published with that book as one of the three witnesses"
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David Whitmer: "I have never at any time, denied that testimony...which has so long since been published with that book as one of the three witnesses"
The following is a portion of John Murphy's interview with David Whitmer, written from Murphy's perspective.[1]:
[Murphy]: "First of all, I heard you saw an angel. I never saw one. I want your description of [the] shape, voice, brogue and the construction of his language. I mean as to his style of speaking. You know that we can often determine the class a man belongs to by his language."
[Whitmer]: "It had no appearance or shape."
[Murphy]: "Then you saw nothing nor heard nothing?"
[Whitmer]: "Nothing, in the way you understand it."
[Murphy]: "How, then, could you have borne testimony that you saw and heard an angel?"
[Whitmer]: "Have you never had impressions?"
[Murphy]: "Then you had impressions as the quaker when the spirit moves, or as a good Methodist in giving a happy experience, a feeling?"
[Whitmer]: "Just so."When David Whitmer saw this account published, he published his own rebuttal to John Murphy's portrayal of his witness experience on 19 March 1881. Whitmer vigorously refuted Murphy's account [2]: