1. Utah v. Mark Hofmann, Reporter’s Transcript of Preliminary Hearing, Testimony of George Throckmorton, 11:98–101, May 12, 1986; George J. Throckmorton, “A Forensic Analysis of Twenty-one Hofmann documents,” in Linda Sillitoe and Allen Roberts, Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1988), 534–36, 538–39.

2. David J. Whittaker, “The Mark Hofmann Case: A Basic Chronology,” BYU Studies 29 (Winter 1989):96.

3. The librarians, scholars, scientists, and dealers involved in the examination and attempted sale of Hofmann’s most expensive forgery, the Oath of a Freeman, have participated in a valuable published account of that endeavor: James Gilreath, ed., The Judgment of Experts: Essays and Documents about the Investigation of the Forging of the Oath of a Freeman (Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1991). Except for dealers Justin Schiller and Raymond Wapner, however, none of the contributors to that account had a sustained business relationship with Hofmann.

4. Charles Hamilton Galleries, Auction Number 148, New York, August 12, 1982, lot 41; Superior Galleries Manuscript Auction, Beverly Hills, October 15, 1991, lot 1030; private letters to this reviewer, May 17 and 25, 1990; Robert Lindsey, “Sotheby’s Says Boone Letter Is a Fake,” New York Times, August 14, 1987, C16.

Jennifer Larson

BYU Studies Publications