Mark Hofmann
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Mark William Hofmann is an American counterfeiter, forger, and convicted murderer. Widely regarded as one of the most accomplished forgers in history, Hofmann is especially noted for his creation of f
Hofmann forgery of Reformed Egyptian document, LDS archives. Note the columnar arrangement and the "Mexican Calendar" described by Anthon
Oath of a Freeman
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The “Oath of a Freeman” was a loyalty pledge required of all new members of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630s. Printed as a broadside by Stephen Daye in 1639, it is the first document from a p
Mark Hofmann
…hand of Emily Dickinson. But Hofmann's grandest scheme was to forge what was perhaps the most famous missing document in American colonial history, the Oath of a Freeman. The one-page Oath had been printed in 1639, the first document to be printed in Britain's American colonies, but only about fifty copies had been made…
Mark Hofmann's 1985 forgery of "The Oath of a Freeman"
The Oath of a Free Man from New England’s Jonas Cast Up at London 1
The Oath of a Free Man from New England’s Jonas Cast Up at London 2