William, the younger brother of Joe, recorded the following:
All of us, therefore, believed him, and anxiously awaited the result of his visit to the hill Cumorah, in search of the plates containing the record of which the angel told him. (William Smith, WILLIAM SMITH ON MORMONISM. This book contains a true account of the ORIGIN OF THE BOOK OF MORMON. A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY, EXPERIENCE, AND MINISTRY O F E L D E R W I L L I A M S M I T H. THE STORY OF THE GOLDEN PLATES FROM WHICH THE BOOK OF MORMON WAS TRANSLATED.An Account of the Angel's Visit to Joseph Smith, BY WHICH MEANS THE ANCIENT NEPHITE RECORDS WERE FOUND AND BY HIM TRANSLATED. AN ACCOUNT OF A MOST EXTRAORDINARY MIRACLE, WROUGHT BY THE LAYING ON OF HANDS OF THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH, AND A STATEMENT OF THE P R I N C I P L E S A N D D O C T R I N E S, AS BELIEVED AND TAUGHT BY THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS, WITH OTHER MATTERS OF GREAT INTEREST TO ALL BELIEVERS IN CHRISTIANITY, 1883, p. 10)