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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Spaulding , Solomon 1761 -1816 (search)
Spaulding, Solomon 1761-1816
Clergyman; born in Ashford, Conn., in 1761; served in the revolutionary War; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1785; entered business with his brother in Cherry Valley, N. Y., in 1795, and a few years later in Richfield, N. Y. In 1809 he settled in New Salem (now Conneaut), O., and while living there wrote a romance entitled The manuscript found, which was a narrative of the customs of the people whom the writer believed to be the original inhabitants of the North American continent.
This narrative was never published, but was read to many friends of the author as early as 1811-12.
In 1830 a number of Mormons preaching in Ohio gave an account of how the golden plates had been found from which the Book of Mormon was compiled.
From this account a suspicion arose that the Book of Mormon was an outgrowth of The manuscript found, and it was alleged that Sidney Rigdon and Joseph Smith stole Spaulding's manuscript, and from it made the book of the Mormon
Isaac O. Best, History of the 121st New York State Infantry, Chapter 1 : the organization of the 121st New York Volunteers (search)