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===Sale to Joseph Smith===
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Looking to make a sale, Chandler brought four mummies, two scrolls, and additional papyrus fragments<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/intro/introduction-to-revelations-and-translations-volume-4 |title=Book of Abraham and Related Manuscripts |publisher=Josephsmithpapers.org |date= |accessdate=2022-09-10}}</ref> to Kirtland, Ohio (then headquarters of the LDS Church) in late June or early July 1835.<ref>William W. Phelps, Kirtland, OH, to Sally Waterman Phelps, Liberty, MO, 19 and 20 July 1835, in Phelps, “Letters of Faith from Kirtland,” 529; Whitmer, History, 76, in JSP, H2:86</ref> Upon entering a city to display his mummies, Chandler would post a placard or handbill around the town that speculated on the identity of the mummies: "These strangers illustrious from their antiquity, may have lived in the days of Jacob, Moses, or David."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centerplace.org/history/ts/v3n13.htm|title=Times and Seasons Volume 3, Number 13|website=www.centerplace.org}}</ref><ref>The Times and Seasons published a copy of the placard in 1842, Times and Seasons Vol. III. No. 13. CITY OF NAUVOO, ILL., MAY 2, 1842]</ref> He stayed at the Riggs Hotel, and called on Joseph Smith in the evening of his arrival. Busy with a commitment that evening, Smith agreed to meet with Chandler the following morning. Joseph Smith was allowed to take the papyrus home, and the next morning returned them with a short translation of some characters copied down by Oliver Cowdery (see [[Kirtland Egyptian papers#Notebooks of Copied Egyptian Characters|Notebooks of Copied Egyptian Characters]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thebookofabraham.blogspot.com/2012/01/dr-john-riggs-joseph-smith-papyri-and.html|title=The Book of Abraham: Dr. John Riggs - The Joseph Smith Papyri and Charles Anthon|date=January 28, 2012|website=thebookofabraham.blogspot.com}}</ref> On July 6, 1835, Chandler produced a certificate authenticating Joseph Smith's translation:
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