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Gold Plates
A record written on plates of gold. It tells the story of two great civilizations on the American continents. Joseph Smith translated and published a portion of these plates. This translation is called the Book of Mormon. (For more information, see “Introduction” and “The Testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith” in the Book of Mormon.)