Difference between revisions of "Detailed response to CES Letter, Book of Mormon"

**'''<span style="color:red">Kishkiminetas</span> = Kishkumen'''&mdash;Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania was given that name in 1832, two years after the Book of Mormon was published. From ''History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania'', written in 1883 by Robert Walter Smith, "The petition of sundry inhabitants of Allegheny township was presented December 22, 1831, to the court of quarter sessions of this county, asking that a new township be formed out of the upper end of Allegheny township, to be called Kiskiminetas. Philip Klingensmith, John Lafferty and John McKissen were appointed viewers, who, after one continuance of their order, presented their report recommending the organization of the new township, which was approved by the court June 19, 1832." {{link|url=http://www.pa-roots.com/armstrong/smithproject/history/chap10a.html}} Kiskiminetas River in Pennsylvania does exist prior to the town, and one would assume that it would show up on a map. The Holley map, however, does not indicate that Kishkiminetas is a river, but rather a place.

**'''<span style="color:red">Kishkiminetas</span> = Kishkumen'''&mdash;Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania was given that name in 1832, two years after the Book of Mormon was published. From ''History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania'', written in 1883 by Robert Walter Smith, "The petition of sundry inhabitants of Allegheny township was presented December 22, 1831, to the court of quarter sessions of this county, asking that a new township be formed out of the upper end of Allegheny township, to be called Kiskiminetas. Philip Klingensmith, John Lafferty and John McKissen were appointed viewers, who, after one continuance of their order, presented their report recommending the organization of the new township, which was approved by the court June 19, 1832." {{link|url=http://www.pa-roots.com/armstrong/smithproject/history/chap10a.html}} Kiskiminetas River in Pennsylvania does exist prior to the town, and one would assume that it would show up on a map. The Holley map, however, does not indicate that Kishkiminetas is a river, but rather a place.

**'''Lehigh = Lehi'''

**'''Lehigh = Lehi'''

**'''<span style="color:green">Monroe</span> = Moroni'''&mdash;The author, in the next section, presumes that the name "Moroni" was derived from the capital city of the Comoros Islands, or from "treasure stories" about Captain Kidd. There is a town "Monroe, New York" which was founded in 1818.

**'''<span style="color:green">Monroe</span> = Moroni'''&mdash;The author, in the next section, presumes that the name "Moroni" was derived from the capital city of the Comoros Islands, or from "treasure stories" about Captain Kidd. There is a town "Monroe, New York" which was founded in 1818.

**<span style="color:red">'''Minoa</span> = Minon'''&mdash;According to the [http://www.villageofminoa.com/history.html Minoa town website], the town of Minoa, New York received that name in 1895. That is 60 years after the Book of Mormon was published.

**<span style="color:red">'''Minoa</span> = Minon'''&mdash;According to the [http://www.villageofminoa.com/history.html Minoa town website], the town of Minoa, New York received that name in 1895. That is 60 years after the Book of Mormon was published.