Category: Documents and Discoveries
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The Solomon Spalding Theory
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner A study of Book of Mormon authorship relating toSolomon Spalding The following article is an excerpt from our book, Joseph Smith’s Plagiarism of the Bible in the Book of Mormon (Chapter 9) The authorship of the Book of Mormon has been hotly debated since it was first published. The title…
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Jerald Tanner’s Quest for Truth – Part 3
By Ronald V. Huggins This last of our three-part series examining the life and research of Jerald Tanner, focuses on the integrity Jerald brought to his research of Mormon historical documents. The previous two parts of this series can be found in Salt Lake City Messenger nos. 108 and 109, which dealt with Jerald’s initial…
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Jerald Tanner’s Quest for Truth – Part 2
By Ronald V. Huggins Jerald TannerJune 1959 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight…
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1826 New York Court Documents Relocated
By Sandra Tanner In 1971 Presbyterian minister and scholar Wesley P. Walters scoured the areas surrounding Bainbridge, New York, looking for early documents relating to Joseph Smith. He was able to locate two documents connected to Smith’s 1826 arrest for practicing magic while working for Josiah Stowell. We immediately published the documents and since then…
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LDS Church Suppresses Documents
A report of how the LDS church tried to obtain research and historical documents of the late Dr. Leonard Arrington, which had been deeded to the Utah State University.
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Indian Polygamy Revelation
A look at Joseph Smith’s 1831 revelation commanding intermarriage between Latter-day Saints and American Indians in fulfillment of Book of Mormon prophecy.
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The Kinderhook Plates
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Excerpted from our book, Answering Mormon Scholars, Vol. 2, pp. 118-123 In his attack on our book, Archaeology and the Book of Mormon, Mormon professor William J. Hamblin tried to downplay our work on the Kinderhook plates: The Tanners relish in linking Joseph Smith with this early nineteenth-century forgery . . .…
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Church Hides Documents from Prosecutors
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In our last newsletter we revealed that Gordon B. Hinckley and other members of the Mormon hierarchy had important McLellin documents that they deliberately suppressed from prosecutors in the Hofmann murder-forgery case to save the church from embarrassment. We noted that the material was a “key piece of evidence” needed…
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State of New York vs. Joseph Smith
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In 1945 Fawn M. Brodie first published her book No Man Knows My History. In Appendix A of that work she included what she claimed was a “Record of the trial of Joseph Smith for disorderly conduct, Bainbridge, New York, March 20, 1826” (1971 edition, page 491). This document, which…
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Hofmann Talks!
Mormon Apostle Dallin Oaks Upset With His Confession By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In earlier issues of the Salt Lake City Messenger we have printed a great deal of information concerning Mark Hofmann and his attempt to embarrass the Mormon Church with his forgeries. Hofmann, of course, finally admitted that he had murdered two people…