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'''Early works that label Joseph a "juggler" or "conjurer"'''
* {{CriticalWork:Reflector:30 June 1830|pages=xxx}} {{nc}}
* Rev. John Shearer, letter of 18 November 1830; reproduced in {{Book:Vogel:EMD|vol=4|pages=92-93}}
* {{CriticalWork:Reflector:28 February 1831:Gold Bible 5|pages=??}} {{nc}}
* {{CriticalWork:Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate:9 April 1831:Mormonites|pages=1}}{{an|"Although [Joseph] constantly failed in his pretensions, still he had his dupes who put implicit confidence in all his words....It is reported, and probably true, that he commenced his juggling by stealing and hiding property belonging to his neighbors, and when inquiry was made, he would look in his wone (his gift and power) and tell where it was."}}
* {{CriticalWork:Howe:Mormonism Unvailed|pages=16}}

'''Later works that use the modern terms "con man," "confidence man," or "con game"'''
* {{CriticalWork:Beardsley:Joseph Smith and His Mormon Empire|pages=43}} 
* {{CriticalWork:Walters:Westminster Theological Journal 1974|pages=141}}
* {{CriticalWork:Walters:Journal of Pastoral Practice 1977|pages=122}}
* {{Book:Winn:Exiles in a Land of Liberty|pages=82, see also index}} 
* {{CriticalWork:Persuitte:Origins|pages=37}} 
* {{CriticalWork:Criddle:Sidney Rigdon Creating the Book of Mormon|pages=sec 2., part 6}}
* Dale R. Broadhurst, "Joseph Smith: Nineteenth Century Con Man?" ''sidneyrigdon.com'' (web paper, accessed 12 November 2010).