Manuscript Story
| Year of Publication |
1812
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| Publication Type |
Novel
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
162 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Contributors |
Author:
Solomon Spalding |
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| Abstract |
In an 1833 affidavit, the author’s sister-in-law summarizes the plot as follows: “I was at [Spalding's] house a short time before he left Conneaut; he was then writing a historical novel founded upon the first settlers of America. He represented them as an enlightened and warlike people. He had for many years contended that the aborigines of American were descendants of some of the lost tribes of Israel, and this idea he carried out in the book in question . . .
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| Notes |
Some have theorized that Joseph Smith used the original draft, known as Manuscript Story, as a source for the Book of Mormon. In 1886, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints published the manuscript as Manuscript Found. |
| Author Biography |
Solomon Spalding (1761—1816), born in Ashford, Connecticut, was a member of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and was later educated at Dartmouth College.
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| Time |
300s-330s
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| Published |
unpublished
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