Title: The Judgement of experts :
Authors: Gilreath, James,; American Antiquarian Society.
Date: 1991
Publisher: American Antiquarian Society,
Physical description: x, 271 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Language: English
LC classification: F
Abstract: The "Oath of a free man" was originally printed by Stephen Daye (1611-1688) on his own press, believed to be the first to be established in America, in 1639, in Boston, Mass. No copies have been discovered to have survived, and numerous forgeries and facsimiles have been attempted over the centuries.
Contents: 'In the beginning ...' : A chronology of the 'Oath of a freeman' document as offered by Schiller-Wapner / Justin G. Schiller -- The 'Oath of a freeman' and the Library of Congress : an ambiguous first impression and an elusive finish / James Gilreath -- Preliminary report on the examination and analysis of the 'Oath of a freeman' / Conservation Office and Testing Office of the Library of Congress Preservation Office -- Schiller-Wapner Galleries offers the 'Oath' to the Library of Congress / James Gilreath -- Found at last? : The 'Oath of a freeman,' the end of innocence, and the American Antiquarian Society / Marcus A. McCorison -- Preliminary report on the 'Oath of a freeman' / Robert Mathiesen -- Compositional comparison of the Mark Hofmann 'Oath of a freeman' and the Whole booke of psalmes' / T.A. Cahill, B.H. Kusko, R.A. Eldred, and R.H. Schwab -- Walter C. McCrone's January 19, 1987, letter to Justin Schiller -- Microscopy and authentication / Walter C. McCrone -- Forensic document examination of the 'Oath of a freeman' / Marvin Rennert -- Scanning auger microscopy for dating two copies of the 'Oath of a freeman' / Roderick McNeil -- The investigation of the 1985 Mark Hofmann forgery of the 'Oath of a freeman' / Kenneth C. Farnsworth, Jr
Subject headings (LCSH): Broadsides--Forgeries--History--20th century.; Broadsides--Forgeries--United States--History--20th century.; Broadsides--United States--Forgeries--History--20th century.; Hofmann, Mark.; Literary forgeries and mystifications.; Oath of a free-man--Bibliography.; Oath of a free-man.; Oaths--Massachusetts--Bibliography.