Charles Anthon — American Writer born on November 19, 1797, died on July 29, 1867

Charles Anthon was an American classical scholar... (wikipedia)

A gold book, fastened together in the shape of a book by wires of the same metal, had been dug up in the northern part of the state of New York, and along with the book an enormous pair of gold spectacles!
I have thus given you a full statement of all that I know respecting the origin of Mormonism.