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Solomon Spalding (1761 – October 20, 1816) was the author of Manuscript Story,[1] a work of fiction about the lost civilization of the mound builders of North America. Year 1761 ( MDCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Mound Builder is a general term referring to the American Indians who constructed various styles of earthen Mounds for burial residential and ceremonial purposes After Spalding's death, a number of individuals suggested that Manuscript Story was identical or similar to portions of the Book of Mormon, a scripture in the Latter Day Saint movement. The Book of Mormon is a Sacred text of the churches in the Latter Day Saint movement. Please see the talk page for this article and the "See also" list before adding content or adding a hyphen to Latter Day Saint

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Spalding was born in Ashford, Connecticut. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 39 Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. He was a member of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The American Continental Army was an Army formed after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" In 1782, he entered Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, graduating with the class of 1785. Dartmouth College ( is a private, Coeducational University located in Hanover, New Hampshire, U Hanover is a town along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. In October 1787, he became an ordained Congregationalist preacher in Windham, Connecticut. Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently Windham is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States.

In 1795, Spalding married Matilda Sabin and opened a store with his brother Josiah in Cherry Valley, New York. Cherry Valley New York is the name of two locations in Otsego County New York Cherry Valley (village New York Cherry Valley (town New New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous In 1799, they moved the store to Richfield, New York. Richfield is a Town located in Otsego County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the Town had a population of 2423 Around this time, Spalding bought a tract of land in and relocated to Conneaut, Ohio. Conneaut (ˈkonni-ott is a city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States, along Lake Erie at the mouth of Conneaut Creek, which is Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads While in Conneaut, Spalding began writing Manuscript Found. In 1812, due to the disruptions of the War of 1812, Spalding moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The War of 1812 was fought between the United States of America and the British Empire, particularly Great Britain and her North American colonies The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern In 1814, he moved to Amity, Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he died two years later. Washington County is a County located in the US state of Pennsylvania and is part of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Spalding manuscript

Main article: Spalding–Rigdon theory of Book of Mormon authorship

In 1832, Latter Day Saint missionaries Samuel H. Smith and Orson Hyde visited Conneaut, Ohio, and preached from the Book of Mormon. The Spalding-Rigdon theory of Book of Mormon authorship is the theory that the Book of Mormon was plagiarized in part from an unpublished manuscript written The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church is one of the most active modern practitioners of Missionary work with over 50000 full-time missionaries Samuel Harrison Smith ( 1808-03-13 – 1844-07-30) was one of the younger brothers of Joseph Smith Jr Orson Hyde ( January 8, 1805 &ndash November 28, 1878) was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement and an original member The Book of Mormon is a Sacred text of the churches in the Latter Day Saint movement. Nehemiah King, a resident of Conneaut who knew Spalding when he lived there, felt that the Mormon text resembled the story written by Spalding years before. TalkMormon#Latter Day Saint vs Latter-day Saint --> Mormon In 1833, King, Spalding's widow, his brother Josiah, and a number of other residents of Conneaut signed affidavits stating that Spalding had written a manuscript, portions of which were identical to the Book of Mormon. An affidavit is a formal sworn statement of fact, signed by the declarant (who is called the affiant or deponent) and witnessed (as to the veracity of the The Book of Mormon is a Sacred text of the churches in the Latter Day Saint movement. Several years later, residents of Amity, Pennsylvania also signed statements that Spalding had read to them from a manuscript that was similar to the Book of Mormon. These statements were published in E. D. Howe's 1834 book Mormonism Unvailed, in which the theory was presented that the Book of Mormon was plagiarized from this manuscript. Eber Dudley Howe (1798–1885 was the founder and editor of the Painsville Telegraph (1822–1835 and the author of one of the first anti-Mormon books Mormonism Mormonism Unvailed (sic is an Anti-Mormon book published in 1834 by E The Spalding-Rigdon theory of Book of Mormon authorship is the theory that the Book of Mormon was plagiarized in part from an unpublished manuscript written Plagiarism is the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work

Hurlbut obtained a manuscript through Spalding's widow, and showed it in public presentations in Kirtland, Ohio, in December 1833. For other places with the same name see Kirtland Kirtland is a city in Lake County, Ohio, USA. Hurlbut then became embroiled in a legal dispute with Joseph Smith. Subsequently, Hurlbut delivered the documents he had collected to Howe. Howe was unable to find the alleged similarities with the Book of Mormon that were described in the statements and instead argued in Mormonism Unvailed (1834) that there must exist a second Spalding manuscript which was now lost. Howe concluded that Joseph Smith and Sidney Ridgon used the Spalding manuscript to produce the Book of Mormon for the purpose of making money. [2]

The text of the Spalding manucript was published by the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1885, and by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1886 and 1910. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known

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  1. ^ Also entitled Manuscript Found in some editions. The Spalding-Rigdon theory of Book of Mormon authorship is the theory that the Book of Mormon was plagiarized in part from an unpublished manuscript written View of the Hebrews is an 1823 book written by Ethan Smith ( December 19, 1762 – August 29, 1849) which argues that native Americans
  2. ^ Roper 2005

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