 None of the Eight Witnesses is known to have denied his testimony of the authenticity of the Book of Mormon or the golden plates.Mary Musselman Whitmer (1778–1856), the mother of five Witnesses who took care of the household in Fayette, New York, where much of the translation occurred, said that an angel showed her the plates and thus made her more content to continue her daily labors.Joseph Smith made no mention of this visitation in his journal.