Delavan A. Leonard claims that there is little doubt that the Book of Mormon came from the Spaulding manuscript.
- Type
- Academic / Technical Report
- Source
- Delavan A. Leonard Non-LDS
- Hearsay
- Direct
- Reference
Delavan A. Leonard, "Mormonism," Bibliotheca Sacra 42, 165 (1885): 17, 173-174
- Scribe/Publisher
- Bibliotheca Sacra
- Audience
- General Public
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As to the origin of the Book of Mormon, there is little room to doubt that Solomon Spaulding’s romance furnished the bulk of the historical portion; but how the manuscript came into Smith’s hands, no one knows.
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