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1850
Bowes, John. Mormonism Exposed. London: Manchester, Fletcher & Tubbs, 1850.
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A polemical tract against Mormonism. The writer suggests that Joseph Smith fabricated a false set of plates for the Book of Mormon witnesses and mentions Anthon’s 1834 denial, the Spaulding theory, alleged plagiarisms of the Bible, the manner in which the Book of Mormon contradicts the Bible, and the use of the compass before Christ.

ID = [78055]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1850-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Burgess, J. M. The Book of Mormon Contradictory to Common Sense, Reason, and Revelation; or, The Mormon Hierarchy Founded Upon a Fiction. Liverpool: J. Blevin, 1850.
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A polemical work against the Book of Mormon. Deals with alleged internal inconsistencies within the Book of Mormon, contradictions with the Bible, absurdities of Nephite destruction of Christ’s death, Jaredite barges, Christian teachings before Christ.

ID = [78368]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1850-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Clay, Edmund. The Book of Mormon Proved to Be a Blasphemous and Impudent Forgery. London: Wertheim and Macintosh, 1850.
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A polemical tract against the Book of Mormon. Various anachronisms are enumerated by the writer. Criticisms of Book of Mormon witnesses, the Spaulding theory, and contradictions with the Bible are briefly discussed.

ID = [78396]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1850-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Clay, Edmund. The Book of Mormon: Its History and an Analysis of its Contents. London: Wertheim and Macintosh, 1850.
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A polemical tract against the Book of Mormon, wherein the book is viewed as a shallow fraud. Discussed are various anachronisms, contradictions with the Bible, use of the compass, Christian doctrines, alleged plagiarisms from the Bible, Jaredite barges, and other items.

ID = [78430]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1850-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Frere, John. A Short History of the Mormonites; or Latter Day Saints. London: Joseph Masters, 1850.
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This pamphlet presents a strong condemnation of Joseph Smith and hence of Mormonism. It presents a critical “history” of the key events of the “restoration” It includes a statement by Mrs. Matilda Davison, identified as a former wife of Solomon Spaulding, stating that Spaulding’s fictitious story is plagiarized in the Book of Mormon. The document concludes with “Profanity of Mormon Doctrines” that enumerates and ridicules key Mormon doctrines.

ID = [77452]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1850-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Pratt, Orson. Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon. Liverpool, England: 1850.
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A series of missionary tracts. Defends the Book of Mormon on the grounds that new revelation is reasonable and necessary, it compares favorably with the Bible, it is confirmed by modern miracles, and it fulfills prophecies.

ID = [77750]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1850-01-01  Collections:  bom,pratt-orson  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Unattributed. The New Heresy!! An Exposure of Mormonism Shewing Its Origin, Absurdity and Impiety. Dunstable: Harper Twelvetrees, 1850?.
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This pamphlet, written as a conversation between “James Anxious” and his “cousin Henry,” discusses the Book of Mormon and refutes the validity of the story by asserting that the book was written by Rev. Solomon Spaulding. Questions the Liahona, the Urim and Thummim, and the New and Everlasting Covenant.

ID = [78605]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1850-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Improvement Era. “Another Proof of the Truth of the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 12, no. 10, May 15, 1850, 159.
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ID = [75393]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1850-05-15  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:43
Unattributed. “The Mormonites.” The English Review 13 (June 1850): 399-440.
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Considers “Mormonites” to be “deluded fanatics,” and is surprised and worried about their growth. Accepts the Spaulding story. Also quotes several Book of Mormon passages, including those calling Joseph Smith a “choice seer”

ID = [80553]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1850-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:33
Gibson, William. “Remarks on the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 12, no. 14, July 15, 1850, 209-212.
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ID = [75394]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1850-07-15  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:43
Gibson, William. “Remarks on the Book of Mormon, Part 2.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 12, no. 15, August 1, 1850, 225-228.
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ID = [75395]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1850-07-15  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:43
Gibson, William. “Remarks on the Book of Mormon, Part 3.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 12, no. 17, September 1, 1850, 261-265.
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ID = [75396]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1850-09-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:43
Gibson, William. “Remarks on the Book of Mormon, Part 4.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 12, no. 19, October 1, 1850, 292-94.
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ID = [75397]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1850-10-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:43
Gibson, William. “Remarks on the Book of Mormon, Part 5.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 12, no. 20, October 15, 1850, 313-15.
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ID = [75398]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1850-10-15  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:09:43
Unattributed. “Origin and History of the Mormonites.” English Review (November 1850): 400-419.
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This polemical article uses extracts from Joseph Smith’s own writings, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Book of Mormon combined with other sources to conclude that Joseph Smith was deluded. The Book of Mormon originated with the Spaulding manuscript, which Sidney Rigdon is purported to have stolen, altered, and embellished.

ID = [79945]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1850-11-01  Collections:  bom,d-c  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
1851
Ashley, F. B. Mormonism: An Exposure of the Impositions. London: John Hatchard, 1851.
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Joseph Smith is one of the false prophets referred to in Matthew 24:4, 5, 11. He pretended to have visions of angels that brought gold plates. An affidavit prepared by Peter Ingersol states that Joseph Smith confided his evil plan to him. The Book of Mormon weaves the Spaulding manuscript with biblical scriptures.

ID = [78072]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1851-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Bishop, Francis G. “A Proclamation from the Lord to His People Scattered throughout All the Earth.” Kirtland, OH: n.p., 1851.
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A proclamation written to the inhabitants of the world regarding the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and the restoration of the gospel. Provides a description of the golden plates, the Urim and Thummim, the breast plate, and the sword of Laban.

ID = [77440]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1851-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Johnston, James F. W. “Joe Smith and the Mormons.” Harpers Monthly (1851): 64-66.
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A polemical article against Mormonism. The writer considers the Book of Mormon “as desultory and feeble imitation of the Jewish chronicles and prophetic books” and represents little more than “a succession of unconnected rhapsodies and repetitions” addressed to a very ignorant audience. After giving a brief account of the Book of Mormon narrative, the writer ridicules the account of the Jaredite barges. He concludes by asking, “Who can tell what two centuries may do in the way of giving a historical position to this rising heresy?”

ID = [79638]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1851-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Pratt, Parley P. Proclamation!: To the People of the Coasts and Islands of the Pacif,c; of Every Nation, Kindred and Tongue. Sydney, Australia: C. W. Wandell, 1851.
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See also Millennial Star

ID = [78175]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1851-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Dickens, Charles. “In the Name of the Prophet Smith.” Household Words: A Weekly Journal 69 (19 July 1851): 385-89.
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The writer finds Mormon claims to revelation and visions “in the age of railways” somewhat absurd. He notes the similarity in language between the Book of Mormon and the Old Testament and appears to accept the Spaulding theory of its origin.

ID = [79576]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1851-07-19  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:20
Unattributed. “Nauvoo and Deseret: Imposture and History of the Mormons.” International Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science 4 (1 December 1851): 577-87.
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Claims that Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon entered into an early conspiracy that led to the Book of Mormon. Discusses the role of the Three Witnesses, referring especially to the “feeble and superstitious mind” of Martin Harris.

ID = [79867]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1851-12-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
1852
De La Mare, Phillip. A Brief Account of the Life of Phillip De La Mare. Salt Lake City: Phillip De La Mare, 1852.
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An historical sketch of the life of the man who translated the Book of Mormon into French under the direction of John Taylor and with the assistance of L. A. Bertran, C. C. Bolton, and John Peck.

ID = [77389]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1852-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Hepburn, Andrew B. An Exposition of the Blasphemous Doctrines and Delusions of the So Called Latter-day Saints or Mormons. Sheffield: Mary Thomas & Son, 1852.
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An exposé of Mormonism written by a former Mormon. The author complains that he had never heard of the Book of Mormon until after his baptism. The Book of Mormon cannot be believed since the Three Witnesses left the Church, it mentions things that would occur in the New Testament hundreds of years before they happened, and it contradicts the Bible. The author alleges that there is a chronological discrepancy in the Book of Mormon when it says that Lehi left Jerusalem 600 years before the birth of Jesus. He accepts the Spaulding theory regarding its origin.

ID = [77519]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1852-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Lowe, Josiah Beatson. Mormonism Exposé: Being a Lecture on the Doctrines and Practices of the Latter-Day Saints. Liverpool: Edward Howell, 1852.
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A polemical tract against the doctrines of Mormonism and the Book of Mormon. The testimony of the Book of Mormon witnesses is suspect since they all left the Church. The Book of Mormon shows evidence of borrowing from the language of the Bible and the King James Version. The Book of Mormon also contradicts the Bible in many places. These and other anachronisms in the book make it difficult to believe it to be the word of God.

ID = [78054]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1852-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Mayhew, Henry. The Mormons: Or Latter-day Saints. London: Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1852.
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An historical work on Mormonism, from a non-Mormon perspective. The author notes what he feels are several problems in the testimonies of the Book of Mormon witnesses. He recounts Anthon’s 1834 letter of denial and accepts the Spaulding theory for the book’s origin. He also asserts that much of the material from the Book of Mormon has been plagiarized from the Bible and that there are many anachronisms and ungrammatical expressions in the book.

ID = [78590]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1852-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Turner, Orasmus. History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps & Gorham’s Purchase and Morris Reserve. Rochester, NY: William Alling, 1852.
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A history of Western New York. Discusses Mormonism and the origins of the Book of Mormon. The writer favors the Spaulding origin and dismisses the Book of Mormon as a “money making” scheme.

ID = [77865]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1852-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Unattributed. “The Mormons.” The Christian Reformer 8 (March 1852): 183-85.
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A correspondence about the Mormons and the Book of Mormon that denies the fact that many individuals are accepting the book and its teachings.

ID = [80556]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1852-03-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:33
Phelps, William W., and DeWayne Transfield. “The Voice of Joseph.” Deseret News 2 (29 May 1852): 1.
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The story of Joseph Smith, the translation of the Book of Mormon, and the restoration of the Church. Originally in French in “Etoile du Deseret”

ID = [80700]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1852-05-29  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:41
Pratt, Parley P. “Proclamation! To the People of the Coasts and Islands of the Pacific (Ocean), of Every Nation, Kindred, and Tongue.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 14, no. 30, 31 (18 September 1852, 25 September 1852): 465-70, 481-85.
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An apostolic manifesto enunciating basic principles of the Restoration. Addresses the “red man” identifying the Book of Mormon as a record of their people. Admonishes them to respond to the gospel and promises that they will thereby feel joy. Refers to the Book of Mormon as “that book of books, that Ensign to the nations”

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ID = [80922]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1852-09-18  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:53
Richards, Samuel Whitney. “The Aztec City in Central America—The Lost Tribes.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 14, no. 39 (20 November 1852): 614-16.
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Presents a reprint of an article from the Boston U.S. Weekly Journal that tells of an ancient Aztec city whose inhabitants are believed to be part of the lost ten tribes. Their record is found in a book of parchment bound by brazen clasps and containing curious heiroglyphics. Richards predicts that evidence in support of the Book of Mormon will overwhelm the skepticism regarding its origins.

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ID = [80923]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1852-11-20  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:54
1853
Burns, Dawson. Mormonism Explained and Exposed. London: Houlston and Stoneman, 1853.
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A polemical tract against Mormonism. The Book of Mormon abounds in anachronisms, such as the use of the compass in 600 B.C. The Book of Mormon witnesses only claimed to see the plates with their “spiritual eyes,” therefore their testimony is of questionable value. The author asserts that the Spaulding theory best accounts for the origin of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78052]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1853-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Chambers, Robert E. “History of the Mormons.” N.p., 1853.
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A polemical work against Mormonism. The testimony of the Book of Mormon witnesses may be discredited due to the fact that most of them were members of the Smith and Whitmer families. The 1834 Anthon denial is cited. The Spaulding theory is accepted by the author as the most likely source behind the Book of Mormon, which he inds full of errors of grammar and anachronisms.

ID = [77864]  Status = Type = manuscript  Date = 1853-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Clay, Edmund. The Doctrines and Practices of the ‘Mormons’ and the Immoral Character of Their Prophet Joseph Smith. London: Wertheim and Macintosh, 1853.
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Alleges that Joseph Smith possessed an immoral character and that the Book of Mormon is no more inspired of God than was the evil man who published it.

ID = [78471]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1853-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Gray, J. H. Principles and Practices of the Mormons Tested in Two Lectures. Douglas, London: Blackwell, Howell, Nibbet, Wertheim, and Macintosh, 1853.
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A polemical/evangelical work against Mormonism. The Bible is all- sufficient as a guide to salvation and there is no need for the Book of Mormon. The story of the Jaredite barges is ridiculed. The testimony of Book of Mormon witnesses is rejected. The author questions the use of King James translation language in the Book of Mormon. This is seen as evidence of plagiarism. The author accepts the Spaulding theory for the book’s origin.

ID = [78172]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1853-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Haynes, John. The Book of Mormon Examined; and Its Claims to Be a Revelation from God, Proved to Be False. Brighton: Seeley, 1853.
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A polemical tract attempting to expose the errors of the Book of Mormon. Advocates a Spaulding origin for the book. The Book of Mormon contradicts the Bible and mentions Christian ideas and phrases hundreds of years before the time of Christ. The author pities the poor “deluded souls” who believe in the book.

ID = [78374]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1853-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Haynes, John. A Refutation of the Mormon Doctrines. Brighton and London: Edward Verrall and Seeley, 1853.
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A tract refuting Mormon doctrines. The Book of Mormon is “another gospel” that contradicts the Bible. It therefore should be rejected as “a foul mass of ignorance, knavery and blasphemy”

ID = [77445]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1853-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Simpson, W. Sparrow. Mormonism: Its History, Doctrines, and Practice. London: A. M. Pigott, 1853.
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An evangelical/polemical tract against Mormonism. The Book of Mormon plagiarizes much from the New Testament and the book of Isaiah. The 1834 Anthon denial is cited. The testimonies of Book of Mormon witnesses are discredited, contradictions between the Book of Mormon and the Bible are listed. Author accepts the Spaulding theory of the Book of Mormon’s origin.

ID = [78077]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1853-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool, England: S. W. Richards, 1st edition, 1853.
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2nd edition, Plano, IL: RLDS Church, 1880. Deals with events in the lives of the author’s family members. She discusses her son Joseph and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, and gives in detail historical facts about the origin and early days of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, including the events surrounding the translation of the Book of Mormon and the 116 pages of lost manuscript.

ID = [77577]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1853-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:07
Unattributed. “La Secta de los Mormones en los Estados Unidos.” El Correo de Ultramar 12/17 (1853): 267-70.
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Discusses the curiosities of Mormonism, including the emergence of the Book of Mormon. Claims that the book grew out of a bad novel, Spaulding’s manuscript, and was originally entitled The Golden Bible. Berates Joseph Smith for claiming to translate reformed Egyptian.

ID = [79672]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1853-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:21
Peterson, Charles D. “Mormonism and the Mormons.” Graham’s Magazine (May 1853): 531-40.
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A polemical article against Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. Believes that Joseph Smith was illiterate and unable to write the Book of Mormon by himself, and hence used the Spaulding manuscript to create the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79824]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1853-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Jaques, John. “Salvation.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 15, no. 40 (1 October 1853, 8 October 1853): 649-53, 657-61.
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An imaginary dialogue between two individuals. Tells the story of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, gives a brief description of the book’s contents, and names the languages into which the book has been translated.

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ID = [80924]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1853-10-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:54
Unattributed. “Mormonism: Its Origin and Character.” The Eclectic Review 6 (October 1853): 479-98.
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“The books [Joseph Smith] published are imitations of the Bible, without one proof of their being given from heaven, and abounding with proofs that they were not, and could not be” Favors a Spaulding explanation for Book of Mormon origins.

ID = [79834]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1853-10-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Richards, Samuel Whitney. “Discovery of Ruined Cities in California.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 15, no. 51 (17 December 1853): 817-20.
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Writes concerning an article from the San Francisco Herald that describes ruined cities of California. “The wonderful and magnificent ruins . . . continue to puzzle and astonish the learning and wisdom of the great men of the nineteenth century, while every fresh discovery is an increasing evidence in favor of the Book of Mormon”

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ID = [80925]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1853-12-17  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:54
1854
Faves, Louis. Joseph Smith et les Mormons. Lausanne: Delafontaine et Comp., 1854.
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Discusses the establishment of the LDS church, the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, the Spaulding manuscript, and points out the biblical passages extant in the Book of Mormon.

ID = [77936]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1854-01-01  Collections:  bom,smith-joseph-jr  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:09
Forster, F. P. Mormonismens Laere. Kjobenhaven, Denmark: author, 1854.
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Tells in Danish about the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith, Mormon doctrine, and Mormons in Denmark.

ID = [78086]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1854-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Jones, Daniel J. Tystioliaethau Diwrthbrawf Nad O’R “Spaulding Romance” Y Gwnaed Llyfr Mormon!!!. Abertawy: Uyhoeddwyd ac argraffwyd gan D. Jones, 1854.
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Title in English, Irrefutable Proofs that the Book of Mormon was Not Obtained from the “Spaulding Romance” A response in Welsh to the Spaulding theory by an early Mormon missionary.

ID = [78741]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1854-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Peck, John Mason. “Nauvoo, Illinois—The Mormons.” Arthur’s Home Magazine (January 1854): 38-44.
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An exposé of Mormonism. Among other things the author criticizes the Book of Mormon for containing King James English and containing “monstrous fictions” The Spaulding manuscript is suggested to be the original basis for the Book of Mormon.

ID = [79869]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1854-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Unattributed. “Mormonism and the Mormons.” London Quarterly and Holburn Review 2 (1854): 95-127.
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A polemical article against Mormonism and the Book of Mormon. Discusses the testimonies of Book of Mormon witnesses and the Spaulding theory.

ID = [79825]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1854-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Pratt, Orson. “Questions and Answers on Doctrine.” The Seer 2 (February 1854): 212-15.
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Answers questions concerning the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon agrees with the Bible because they are both of divine origin and God does not disagree with himself. The Bible has been robbed of plain and simple truths. All are required to repent and accept the message of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [80037]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1854-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:04
Barber, F. C. “Mormonism in the United States.” De Bow’s Review: A Monthly Journal of Commerce, Agriculture, Manufactures, Internal Improvements, Statistics, etc., etc. 16 (April 1854): 368-82.
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Describes the surprising rise of Mormonism. Praises the Book of Mormon as having great literary value, but discounts its divine origin.

ID = [79828]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1854-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Conybeare, W. J. “Mormonism.” The Edinburgh Review 202 (April 1854): 320-84.
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A polemical article discussing the history of Mormonism. Aside from accepting the Spaulding theory, the author asserts that the Book of Mormon plagiarizes the Bible, is full of ungrammatical expressions, and condemns the practice of polygamy. He also recounts information regarding Joseph Smith’s alleged money digging practices, the Anthon episode, the Book of Mormon witnesses, as well as other information relative to the Latter-day Saint movement.

ID = [79813]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1854-04-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Unattributed. “Nauvoo and Deseret: Imposture and History of the Mormons.” The National Magazine 6 (June 1854): 481-89.
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Claims that Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon entered into an early conspiracy that led to the Book of Mormon. Discusses the role of the Three Witnesses, referring especially to the “feeble and superstitious mind” of Martin Harris.

ID = [79868]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1854-06-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Unattributed. “The Book of Mormon.” The Church of England Magazine (July 1854): 29-31.
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Recites the history of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and summarizes its contents. Discredits the Three Witnesses and holds that the Book of Mormon was a take off of the Spaulding manuscript.

ID = [80283]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1854-07-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:17
Pratt, Orson. “Preparations for the Second Advent.” The Seer 2 (August 1854): 305-20.
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In 1827 an angel of the Lord appeared in fulfillment of the revelations provided in Daniel and Revelation. The Book of Mormon contains the fullness of Christ’s gospel, and the kingdom that was established upon the principles taught in the Book of Mormon has begun to roll forth from the tops of the mountains to establish the Lord’s Zion. It is through this book that the guests are being called to the Lord’s marriage feast.

ID = [79989]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1854-08-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:23
Richards, Franklin D. “The Lamanites.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 16, no. 42 (21 October 1854): 657-61.
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Writes that the wild imaginations of men have blinded them to the pure and simple truth. They have imagined all sorts of theories of the Indians’ descent yet they do not believe the Book of Mormon, which tells the truth plainly. The LDS policy toward the Indians is to try to educate, elevate, and convert the Indians. He quotes from Mormon 5:19-20 that the gentiles will scatter the Lamanites after which the Lord will remember the covenant he has made with Abraham and all the house of Israel.

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ID = [80926]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1854-10-21  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:54
Young, Brigham. “Spiritual Gifts—Hell—The Spirit World—The Elders and the Nations—The Lamanites—The Temple.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 2. 1855, 136–145.
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A Discourse by President Brigham Young, Delivered in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, Dec. 3, 1854. Reported By: G. D. Watt.

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ID = [28310]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1854-12-03  Collections:  bom,brigham,jnl-disc  Size: 31559  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:19
1855
Hepburn, Andrew B. Mormonism Exploded. London: Simpkin, Marshal, 1855.
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An exposé of Mormonism, written by a former Mormon. Spaulding was responsible for the origin of the Book of Mormon. The testimony of the witnesses of the Book of Mormon is rejected. Numerous contradictions with the Bible are listed. The Anthon denial is cited. Phrases and style in the Book of Mormon that are similar to those in the Bible are denounced as plagiarisms.

ID = [78053]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1855-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:10
Smith, Hyrum O. The Book of Mormon Evaluated. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing, 1855?.
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Contains a collection of previously published items, “Book of Mormon Lectures” by H. A. Stebbins, “Book of Mormon Talks” by Orion (Hyrum O. Smith), “Book of Mormon Vindicated” by I. M. Smith, and “The Book of Mormon Evaluated” by Hyrum O. Smith.

ID = [78371]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1855-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Pratt, Orson. “The Ancient Prophecies.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 2. 1855, 284–298.
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A Discourse by Elder Orson Pratt, Delivered in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, January 7, 1855. Reported By: G. D. Watt.

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Topics:    Old Testament Scriptures > Isaiah
ID = [28329]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1855-01-07  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc,old-test,pratt-orson  Size: 51035  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:19
Young, Brigham. “Faithfulness and Apostasy.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 2. 1855, 248–258.
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A Discourse by President Brigham Young, Delivered in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, April 6, 1855. Reported By: G. D. Watt.

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ID = [28324]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1855-04-06  Collections:  bom,brigham,jnl-disc  Size: 38063  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:19
Woodruff, Wilford. “Preaching the Gospel to, and Helping the Lamanites—Obedience to Counsel.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 9. 1862, 221–229.
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Remarks by Elder Wilford Woodruff, made in the Bowery at Provo, July 15, 1855. Reported By: J. V. Long.

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ID = [28779]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1855-07-15  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc,woodruff  Size: 28172  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:23
1856
Desmons, Frederic. Essai Historique et Critique du Mormonisme. Strasbourg: Ieuve Berger-Levrault, 1856.
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A polemical work divided in two parts, one dedicated to the history of the Church and the second to the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon contains anachronisms, mistakenly uses Greek words, and presents supernatural and miraculous events that are not to be believed. Joseph Smith’s claim that the Book of Mormon was written in reformed Egyptian does not hold up, and the Book of Mormon introduces new doctrine.

ID = [77777]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1856-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:08
Ferris, Benjamin G. Utah and the Mormons. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856.
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A polemical work against Mormonism. Argues that Solomon Spaulding is responsible for most of the text of the Book of Mormon, through the agency of Sidney Rigdon; the 1834 Anthon denial is cited; the testimonies of the Book of Mormon witnesses are discredited on the grounds that they had disreputable characters; and the author claims that Mormons have departed from the doctrines of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78746]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1856-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Gunnison, J. W. The Mormons or Latter-day Saints in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1856.
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A polemical work against Mormonism. The author espouses the Spaulding theory to explain the origin of the Book of Mormon and shows that at the time of the publication of the Book of Mormon many theories were afioat regarding the origin of the American Indian.

ID = [78586]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1856-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The Spiritual Wife System Proven False and the True Order of Church Discipline. Bloomington, Illinois: Wife Fooler Power Press, 1856.
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Mormons who have been led astray from the truth by Brigham Young and his party should take heed to the Book of Mormon, which condemns polygamy.

ID = [78654]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1856-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Unattributed. “Mormonism—Whence Came It?” The British Quarterly Review 23 (January 1856): 62-81.
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A polemical article against Mormonism. The author favors the Spaulding theory in explanation of the Book of Mormon’s origin. Bible influence and Book of Mormon plagiarisms are discussed.

ID = [79836]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1856-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Young, Brigham. “Instructions to the Bishops—Men Judged According to Their Knowledge—Organization of the Spirit and Body—Thought and Labor to Be Blended Together.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 3. 1856, 243–249.
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A Discourse by President Brigham Young, Delivered in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, March 16, 1856. Reported By: G. D. Watt.

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Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
ID = [28375]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1856-03-16  Collections:  bom,brigham,jnl-disc  Size: 22076  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:20
Unattributed. “The Mormons and Their Bible.” The United States Magazine 3 (September 1856): 220-24.
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The editor decries Mormonism in general and introduces a “sketch . . . prepared by a gentleman attached to the United States Army, who was stationed sometime in the Salt Lake Valley” that summarizes the contents of the Book of Mormon. He comments that the sayings of Jesus in 3 Nephi are merely altered copies of New Testament scripture, and the whole Book of Mormon is explained by Solomon Spaulding’s Manuscript Found that Sidney Rigdon furnished to Joseph Smith.

Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > 3 Nephi
ID = [80558]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1856-09-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:33
Pratt, Parley P. “Reminiscences and Testimony of Parley P. Pratt.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 5. 1858, 193–201.
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A Discourse by Elder Parley P. Pratt, Delivered in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, Sunday, September 7, 1856. Reported By: G. D. Watt, J. V. Long.

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ID = [28493]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1856-09-07  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc  Size: 31010  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:21
Kimball, Heber C. “Application of the Words of Helaman to the Condition of the Latter-day Saints.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 4. 1857, 45–49.
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Remarks by President H. C. Kimball, Delivered in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, September 21, 1856. Reported By: J. V. Long.

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Topics:    Book of Mormon Scriptures > Helaman
ID = [28399]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1856-09-21  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc  Size: 13055  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:20
1857
Emmons, S. B. The Spirit Land. Philadelphia: Potter, 1857.
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A polemical work on various religions. Pages 96- 102 contain a discussion of Mormonism and the Book of Mormon. The author considers the Book of Mormon “a bungling attempt to imitate the style of the sacred scriptures” He accepts the Spaulding theory regarding the Book of Mormon’s origin.

ID = [78653]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1857-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:14
Hawthornthwaite, Samuel. Adventures among the Mormons. Manchester: By the author, 1857.
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A polemical work against Mormonism, written by a former Mormon. The Book of Mormon condemns polygamy. The book contains various anachronisms, including the mention of the Mariner’s compass and the use of scimitars hundreds of years before they were ever in use. The character of the Book of Mormon witnesses is discredited. Modern terms such as “priestcraft,” “lawyers,” and”machinery” found in the Book of Mormon are considered to be proof of forgery. The Jaredite barges are ridiculed by the author as well.

ID = [77483]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1857-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:06
Sweet, James Bradley. A Lecture on the Book of Mormon and the Latter-day Saints. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1857.
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According to Sweet, the Book of Mormon “is a heap of trash, decked out with texts of Holy Scripture, which scripture it also frequently contradicts” It also contains various anachronisms.

ID = [77425]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1857-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:05
Taylder, T. W. P. The Mormon’s Own Book; or, Mormonism Tried by Its Own Standards, Reason, and Scripture. London: Partridge, 1857.
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A polemical work against Mormon scripture. Author accepts the Spaulding theory and asserts that the Book of Mormon plagiarizes the Bible, contains ungrammatical expressions and absurd anachronisms, contradicts the Bible, and contains many evidences of being a “vile imposture”

ID = [78580]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1857-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Harrison, Elias L. T. “The ‘Spaulding Story’ Refuted from Itself.” Millennial Star 19 (24 January 1857): 49–56.
ID = [77261]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1857-01-24  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:04
Harrison, Elias L.T. “The ‘Spaulding Story’ Refuted from Itself.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 19, no. 4 (24 January 1857): 49-56.
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Harrison argues that it is impossible that the Book of Mormon be even remotely related to the Manuscript Found by Solomon Spaulding. The Manuscript Found is a fictitious account of the lost ten tribes and the Book of Mormon is an account of one family of the tribe of Joseph.

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ID = [80927]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1857-01-24  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:54
Kimball, Heber C. “Faith in the Priesthood—Fruits of Faith—Laying Up Grain—Gleaning—The Holy Ghost—Tree of Life, Etc.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 5. 1858, 171–181.
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A Discourse by President Heber C. Kimball, Delivered in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, Sunday morning, August 23, 1857. Reported By: G. D. Watt, J. V. Long.

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ID = [28491]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1857-08-23  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc  Size: 34612  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:20
Pratt, Orson. “Editorial: A Visit to the Isle of Man.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 19, no. 38 (September 1857): 600-605.
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A report on a visit to the Isle of Man where Pratt and others gave lectures on the divine authenticity of the Book of Mormon. They quoted from Isaiah 29 and explained how these verses apply to the Book of Mormon.

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ID = [80930]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1857-09-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:54
Pratt, Orson. “Originals of the Bible and Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 19, no. 37 (12 September 1857): 581-86.
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Harrison argues that it is impossible that the Book of Mormon be even remotely related to the Manuscript Found by Solomon Spaulding. The Manuscript Found is a fictitious account of the lost ten tribes and the Book of Mormon is an account of one family of the tribe of Joseph.

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ID = [80928]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1857-09-12  Collections:  bom,millennial-star,new-test,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:54
Pratt, Orson. “Editorial: Bible and Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 19, no. 37 (12 September 1857): 587-88.
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Harrison argues that it is impossible that the Book of Mormon be even remotely related to the Manuscript Found by Solomon Spaulding. The Manuscript Found is a fictitious account of the lost ten tribes and the Book of Mormon is an account of one family of the tribe of Joseph.

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ID = [80929]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1857-09-12  Collections:  bom,millennial-star,new-test,old-test  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:54
1858
Cook, William. The “Fowler’s Snare,” As Craftily Laid to Catch Unwary Souls. London: Joseph Masters, 1858.
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An exposé of Mormonism. The Book of Mormon plagiarizes the Bible. Its dull style makes it, for the author, a itting sleep medicine.

ID = [78321]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1858-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:12
Noyes, J. O. The Genesee Valley of Western New York. Ovid, NY: W. E. Morrison, 1858.
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Reprint from The National Magazine

ID = [78491]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1858-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:13
Unattributed. “The Early History, Rise and Progress of Mormonism.” Frank Leslie’s New Family Magazine 2 (February 1858): 112-21.
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Includes the LDS account of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon but accepts the Solomon Spaulding theory for its origin. Also speaks concerning the attempts by mobs to steal the gold plates, the mode of translation, and Joseph Smith’s literary aptitude.

ID = [80450]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1858-02-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:27
Unattributed. “The Mormons.” The Christian Examiner 64 (May 1858): 421-40.
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A polemical article on Mormonism. The writer considers Joseph Smith to be an impostor. He cites the Anthon denial as evidence against the Harris account. The Book of Mormon narrative is attributed to Spaulding. He further notes a resemblance between the tendency of the Jews to interpret Old Testament prophecy literally and the literalistic interpretations made by Mormons. The writer finds this literalism unpalatable.

ID = [80555]  Status = Type = journal article  Date = 1858-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:33
Unattributed. “A Link of History: Mormonism and Joe Smith . . . The Book of Mormon or Golden Bible.” New York Herald (2 July 1858): n.p.
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A polemical article providing the true facts concerning the first printing of the Book of Mormon.

ID = [78890]  Status = Type = newspaper article  Date = 1858-07-02  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:15
Millennial Star Staff. “The Long-Lost Records.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 20, no. 42 (16 October 1858): 669-71.
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A reprint of a letter published in the Liverpool Daily Post written by the Rev. Dr. Baylee concerning a well found in the countryside near Chicago. Though a date or period may not be assigned to this find, the long-lost records of these people have been disclosed in the Book of Mormon. An earnest plea is made to read this “long lost chronicle of the past” with an unbiased mind to learn the truth under the guidance of the Holy Ghost.

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ID = [80936]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1858-10-16  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:54
1859
Millennial Star Staff. “American Antiquities: Corroborative of the Book of Mormon.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 21, no. 1 - 22, no. 22 (1 January 1859—2 June 1860): 12-14, 28-30, 48-50, 64-66 161-63, 177-78, 193-94, 209-210, 226-27, 240-42, 258, 273-74, 306-7, 321-23, 370-71, 401-3, 433-34, 449-51, 467, 513-14, 546, 577-79, 593-95, 625-26, 657-58, 689-91, 706, 737-38, 786- 87, 818-19, 835-36, 13-14, 30, 61-63, 77-78, 93-94, 124-27, 173-75, 158-59, 188-90, 206-7, 220-23, 237-39, 285-86, 300-301, 316-18, 349-50.
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Provides evidence to confirm the authenticity of the Book of Mormon. Describes the contents of the Book of Mormon and archaeological findings and discoveries, such as ancient cities, temples, altars, tools, and wells.

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ID = [80938]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1859-01-01  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:54
Van Tramp, John C. Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures or Life in the West. St. Louis: Miller, 1859.
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A historical work that also gives a brief discussion of Joseph Smith and Mormonism. He appeals to the Spaulding theory to account for the book’s origin.

ID = [78165]  Status = Type = book  Date = 1859-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:11
Weiser, R. “Mormonism.” Evangelical Review 10/37 (1859): 80-100.
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Supercilious essay on the Mormon system, including the Book of Mormon: “When the Golden Bible was first announced . . . it was considered too ridiculous for serious refutation” The author discusses Spaulding, Book of Mormon witnesses, Anthon, and the plates.

ID = [79815]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1859-01-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:22
Pratt, Orson. “Evidences of the Bible and Book of Mormon Compared.” In Journal of Discourses, Volume 7. 1860, 22–38.
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A Discourse by Elder Orson Pratt, Delivered in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, January 2, 1859. Reported By: G. D. Watt.

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ID = [28593]  Status = Type = talk  Date = 1859-01-02  Collections:  bom,jnl-disc,pratt-orson  Size: 60758  Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:41:21
Tiffany, Joel. “Among the Mormons (An Interview with Martin Harris).” Tiffany’s Monthly 5(May-July 1859): 46-51, 119-21, 163.
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Tells about Joseph Smith’s use of a seer stone to translate the Book of Mormon. Calls the character of Joseph Smith into question but bears witness that the Book of Mormon is the work of God.

ID = [78987]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1859-05-01  Collections:  bom  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 8/5/24 7:58:16
Dille, D. B., and Oliver Cowdery. “Testimonies of Oliver Cowdery and Martin Harris.” The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star 21, no. 34 (20 August 1859): 544-46.
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A reprint from the Deseret News, this article contains a report of a special conference held at Council Bluffs concerning Oliver Cowdery’s return to the Church. Quotes Cowdery’s testimony of the Book of Mormon from that conference. Includes a report by D. B. Dille who visited Martin Harris and tells of that visit.

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ID = [80937]  Status = Type = magazine article  Date = 1859-08-20  Collections:  bom,millennial-star  Size:   Children: 0  Rebuilt: 7/22/24 11:14:54

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