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The letter was one of hundreds of documents concerning the history of the Latter Day Saint movement that surfaced in the early 1980s. The salamander letter presented a view of the life of the movement's founder, Joseph Smith, that stood sharply at odds with the commonly accepted version of the early progression of the church Smith established.
After the letter had been purchased for the church and became public knowledge, LDS Church apostle Dallin H. Oaks asserted to Mormon educators that the words "white salamander" could be reconciled with Smith's Angel Moroni because, in the 1820s, the word salamander might also refer to a mythical being thought to be able to live in fire, and a ...
The story of the exhumation of Smith's remains gained new life with the "discovery" of Mark Hofmann's forged salamander letter. [20] Hofmann admitted that he used Joseph Smith Sr.'s letter and the affidavit of Willard Chase (Mormonism Unvailed, 1834), to create the implication that Joseph needed to take part of Alvin's body to the hill Cumorah ...
Marquardt was one of the first people Hofmann shared the Salamander letter, in November 1984. [6] Marquardt had suspicions as to its authenticity, and shared the contents of the letter with the Tanners, who shortly after were the first to publicly assert the letter was a forgery. [6]
Amy Carter read a love letter written 75 years ago by her father, Jimmy Carter, to his wife, the late Rosalynn Carter, during Rosalynn's tribute service on Nov. 28.. During the service, held at ...
His widely read annual letters normally come in February, but the 94-year-old Oracle of Omaha's November 2024 letter had more of a personal tone. It also came with the announcement of a $1.2 ...
He even went as far as to publish an attack on the Salamander Letter, shocking many scholars, historians, and students who believed the document was genuine. [17] By late 1984, he questioned the authenticity of most, if not all, of Hofmann's discoveries, largely for their undocumented provenance. He was ultimately vindicated when Hofmann's ...
Morieux spent months reading the letters, which contain an array of misspellings, cramped handwriting covering every inch of paper, and little punctuation. He also identified every member of the ...