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  1. Solomon Spalding (February 20, 1761 – October 20, 1816) was an American author who wrote two related texts: an unfinished manuscript entitled Manuscript Story – Conneaut Creek, and an unpublished historical romance about the lost civilization of the mound builders of North America called Manuscript Found.

  2. One of the earliest theories was that the Book of Mormon was based on a manuscript by Solomon Spaulding (also spelled Spalding), a fictional story about early inhabitants of America. Spaulding was born in 1761. He studied at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and was ordained as a minister.

  3. 19th Century Literature; 19th Century Native American Origin Theories; Authorship; Early Church History; Manuscript Found; Spaulding, Solomon. Abstract. This was the first-ever facsimile edition of Manuscript Found, which preserves the original unedited words, spelling, and punctuation of Spaulding’s handwritten text published.

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  5. Aug 25, 2006 · Spaulding, Solomon, 1761-1816. Publication date. 1885? Topics. Book of Mormon. Publisher. Lamoni, Iowa : Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Collection. emmanuelcollege; toronto. Contributor. Emmanuel - University of Toronto. Language. English. 158 p. Cover title: The manuscript found. Addeddate. 2006-08-25 01:31:44.

  6. Episode One. THIS episode begins the "Spalding Saga," the remarkable story of how an obscure Congregational Evangelist from Connecticut came to write the first epic history of ancient America -- a fictional magnum opus which served as the basis for Joseph Smith's 1830 "Book of Mormon." SOLOMON SPALDING: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

  7. The SpaldingRigdon theory of Book of Mormon authorship is the theory that the Book of Mormon was partly plagiarized from an unpublished manuscript by Solomon Spalding. The theory first appeared in print in E. D. Howe's 1834 book Mormonism Unvailed .

  8. Solomon Spalding (1761-1816) was a lapsed Calvinist evangelist, a failed New York businessman, and hopeful author of a prehistoric American epic story giving an account of the vanished Mound Builders of the Ohio Valley.

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