Opening pages of "Book of Mormon Difficulties" manuscript by B. H. Roberts.
B. H. Roberts, "Book of Mormon Difficulties: A Study," B. H. Roberts papers, 1825-1976, MS 106, Box 16, Folder 15, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah
The following question is submitted by a Mr. Couch of Washington D. C., as a result of his studies of the Book of Mormon:
[Quotation of Couch's questions]
The question is, how may all this be reconciled with the claims of the Book of Mormon respecting peoples and languages in America.
This question is a very fair and proper one.