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Conneaut (Ohio, United States) (search for this): entry spaulding-solomon
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
Ashford (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry spaulding-solomon
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
Richfield (New York, United States) (search for this): entry spaulding-solomon
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
Cherry Valley, N. Y. (New York, United States) (search for this): entry spaulding-solomon
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
Ohio (Ohio, United States) (search for this): entry spaulding-solomon
ith 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 faith. In 1884, however, James H. Fairchild, president of Oberlin College, compared Spaulding's manuscript with the Book of Mormon and declared that there was no resemb
Amity (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry spaulding-solomon
, 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 faith. In 1884, however, James H. Fairchild, president of Oberlin College, compared Spaulding's manuscript with the Book of Mormon and declared that there was no resemblance except in general features. Spaulding died in Amity, Pa., Oct. 20, 1816. See Mormons; Smith, Joseph. speaker of Congress, the
James H. Fairchild (search for this): entry spaulding-solomon
, 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 faith. In 1884, however, James H. Fairchild, president of Oberlin College, compared Spaulding's manuscript with the Book of Mormon and declared that there was no resemblance except in general features. Spaulding died in Amity, Pa., Oct. 20, 1816. See Mormons; Smith, Joseph. speaker of Congress, the
Sidney Rigdon (search for this): entry spaulding-solomon
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 faith. In 1884, however, James H. Fairchild, president of Oberlin College, compared Spaulding's manuscript with the Book of Mormon and declared that there was no resemblance except in general features. Spaulding died in Amity, Pa., Oct. 20, 1816. See Mormons; Smith, Joseph. speaker of Congress, the
Joseph Smith (search for this): entry spaulding-solomon
, 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 faith. In 1884, however, James H. Fairchild, president of Oberlin College, compared Spaulding's manuscript with the Book of Mormon and declared that there was no resemblance except in general features. Spaulding died in Amity, Pa., Oct. 20, 1816. See Mormons; Smith, Joseph. speaker of Congress, the
Solomon Spaulding (search for this): entry spaulding-solomon
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 Richfie 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 faith. In 1884, however, James H. Fairchild, president of Oberli Oberlin College, compared Spaulding's manuscript with the Book of Mormon and declared that there was no resemblance except in general features. Spaulding died in Amity, Pa., Oct. 20, 1816. See Mormons; Smith, Joseph. speaker of Congress, the Oberlin College, compared Spaulding's manuscript with the Book of Mormon and declared that there was no resemblance except in general features. Spaulding died in Amity, Pa., Oct. 20, 1816. See Mormons; Smith, Joseph. speaker of Congress, the
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