SOLOMON SPAULDING
\sˈɒlɒmən spˈɔːldɪŋ], \sˈɒlɒmən spˈɔːldɪŋ], \s_ˈɒ_l_ɒ_m_ə_n s_p_ˈɔː_l_d_ɪ_ŋ]\
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An American clergyman and writer; born in Ashford, Conn., in 1761; died in Amity, Pa., Oct. 20, 1816. He was a Revolutionary soldier, a Congregational minister, and afterwards a manufacturer of iron. While living at Conneaut, Pa. (1811-12), he wrote a romance, "The Manuscript Found", published in 1812, purporting to have been discovered in an ancient mound. This work was said to have furnished the basis for the "Book of Mormon"; in denial of which the original manuscript of Spaulding's romance was republished by the Mormons in 1885.
By Charles Dudley Warner
