While the majority of LDS scholars and apologists, myself included, place the Book of Mormon in Mesoamerica, some hold to the "Heartland" model. One defender of this position, Jonathan Neville, is obsessed with the claim that Letter VII, authored by Oliver Cowdery and published in the early LDS periodical, the Messenger and Advocate, is "proof" of this model.
Two new articles have been published showing that this is, to put it nicely, utterly bogus.
One comes from Book of Mormon Central:
How Are Oliver Cowdery’s Messenger and Advocate Letters to Be Understood and Used?
The other comes from my friend, Stephen Smoot:
Seven Reasons Why Letter VII is Not A Heartlander Silver Bullet
Two new articles have been published showing that this is, to put it nicely, utterly bogus.
One comes from Book of Mormon Central:
How Are Oliver Cowdery’s Messenger and Advocate Letters to Be Understood and Used?
The other comes from my friend, Stephen Smoot:
Seven Reasons Why Letter VII is Not A Heartlander Silver Bullet