In a letter to The Salt Lake Tribune Chris Miller suggests that the Church is hiding the Spaulding manuscript in the First Presidency vault.
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- News (traditional)
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- Chris Miller Critic
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- Journalism
- Reference
Chris Miller, "Book of Mormon Theory," Salt Lake Tribune, November 11, 1985, accessed April 8, 2024
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- The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Reading Public
- Transcription
Joseph Smith, the founder of the sect of Mormons, said he received in 1827 a divine revelation written on golden plates brought to him by an angel, and that the "Book of Mormon," which he published in 1830, was translated from those golden plates.
The real author of the "Book of Mormon" was Solomon Spalding, a Presbyterian minister, who at his death left in manuscript an absurd story of his invention, purporting to be a narrative of the migration of the 10 lost tribes of Israel to America, and maintaining the hypothesis that the American Indians are descended from the Hebrews.
Smith obtained possession of this manuscript, and published it with some additions.
As for the Solomon Spalding manuscript, where could it be? Ask the keeper of the secret combination to the First Presidency’s vault — he may know.
CHRIS MILLER
North Salt Lake
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