Delavan A. Leonard claims that there is little doubt that the Book of Mormon came from the Spaulding manuscript.

Date
1885
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
People
James H. Fairchild, L. L. Rice, Delavan A. Leonard, Joseph Smith, Jr., Solomon Spaulding
Audience
General Public
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Transcription

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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