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The following are additional topic areas related to Forged Documents. If there is a bracket number after the topic, that number indicates how many actual articles there are related to that subject. If the link for the topic is not live, it simply means the topic is a 'planned area' for future growth.

FAIR Resources

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"Church reaction to Hofmann forgeries," FAIR Wiki (City Unknown: FAIR) This FAIR Wiki article engages the claim that the Church behaved itself improperly with regard to the Salamander letter. It is claimed that the Church acquired the letter with the intent of 'supressing' them, or 'hiding history.'

Steve Mayfield, "The John D. Lee Lead Scroll," FAIR (2006) Steve Mayfield reports some of the details and clues which suggest that the "John D. Lee Lead Scroll" is a fake.

Encyclopedia of Mormonism

The resources listed below are articles available in the Encyclopedia of Mormonism. These links are to information not located on the FAIR Web site.

Max J. Evans, "Forgeries of Historical Documents," Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1992), 523

Ensign Articles

These articles cited below provide information on the topic of this page. The Ensign is one of the official publications of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. When you click on one of the article links below, you are whisked to the article found in the archives of the Church's Web site.

Dallin H. Oaks, "Recent Events Involving Church History and Forged Documents," Ensign, October 1987, 63. The Mark Hofmann forgeries.

Other Resources

The resources listed below are related items available on the Web that should be of interest. These links are to information not located on the FAIR Web site.

W. John Walsh, The Mark Hoffman Forgeries. If Church leaders are true prophets, why didn't the Lord reveal that the Mark Hoffman documents were forgeries?

W. John Walsh, The Salamander Letter & President Hinckley. Did Hoffman's forged Salmander Letter prove that Hinckley wasn't a prophet?

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