The Kinderhook Plates

Title

The Kinderhook Plates

Magazine

Improvement Era

Publication Type

Magazine Article

Year of Publication

1962

Authors

Ricks, Welby W. (Primary)

Pagination

636–637, 656, 658, 660

Date Published

September 1962

Volume

65

Issue Number

9

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Bibliographic Citation

Abstract

This article discusses how the Kinderhook plates remind one of the gold plates. They were metal plates clasped together with a ring with hieroglyphics imprinted upon them. They were taken to Joseph Smith to translate. He declared them to be genuine anti-Mormon literature and proclaimed them to be a hoax.

Forgery
Anti-Mormon
Hoax
Metal Plates
Kinderhook Plates
Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846)

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