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The Spaulding theory and the Book of Mormon claim
A detailed asseveration argues that Solomon Spaulding's manuscript influenced the Book of Mormon via Sidney Rigdon and Joseph Smith. It cites sworn testimonies, letters, and printed rebuttals, asserting Rigdon possessed Spaulding’s manuscript before 1830 and that the Oberlin Spaulding manuscript is not the same document used to create Mormon scripture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spaulding
Rigdon
Ridgon
Winter
Sharon
Amos Dunlap
Bainbridge
Ohio
Adamson Bently
Sidney Ridgen
Bently
Sidney Rigdon
S. Rosa
Painesville
Oho
Joe
Pratt
Palmyra
New York
Wayne County
N.Y
Smith
Lorenzo Saunders
Abel Chase
Testifes
Smiths
J. H. McCauley
Jaspeh Smith
Cowdery
Peter Ingersol
Spauding
John
Solomon Spaulding
Martha
John Spaulding
Henry Lake
Laban
John N. Miller
Spaulding & Lake
Aaron Wright
Hhis House
Israel
America
Joseph Miller
Nahum Howard
Pittsburg
Joe Smith
Washington
Lehi
Geneva
Moroni
Colorado
Creeley Spuds
Salt Lake City
D. P. Hurlburt
E. D. Howe
Howe
L. L. Rice
Rice
Sandwich Islands
James H. Fairchild
Oberlin College
Islands
Deseret News
Patterson
Fairchild
Conneaut Creek
Cameorah
Urim
Thummin
Oberlin
M. Buckley
Christian Advocate
York City
Pamph. A
New Internat
Encyclopaedia
Dodd, Mead Company
Span
Mormon Church