# Joltes n.d.: A.T. Kempton's Fake Inscription

> Richard E. Joltes, n.d.. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Dates and sources the familiar cipher as a 1949 reconstruction.

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# A.T. Kempton's Fake Inscription

Richard E. Joltes, n.d.. _Critical Enquiry (criticalenquiry.org)_.

Traces the cipher printed as the inscribed stone's symbols to Edward Rowe Snow's True Tales of Buried Treasure (1949, p. 32), which credits the Rev. A. T. Kempton, and to Kempton's 1949 correspondence with Frederick Blair in the R. V. Harris papers. The stone was never drawn or photographed before it disappeared.

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## What it's used for here

Dates and sources the familiar cipher as a 1949 reconstruction.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[The inscribed stone (the "90-foot stone")](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/artifacts/ART0D52XKFJ73SG/the-inscribed-stone-the-90-foot-stone)

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[The Oak Island money pit](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Joltes, R. E. (n.d.). A.T. Kempton's Fake Inscription. Critical Enquiry (criticalenquiry.org). https://criticalenquiry.org/oakisland/kempton.shtml
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