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"Book of Mormon Translation," Gospel Topics on LDS.org:
According to these accounts, Joseph placed either the interpreters or the seer stone in a hat, pressed his face into the hat to block out extraneous light, and read aloud the English words that appeared on the instrument. [1]
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