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The Ohio Repository (Canton, Ohio) (1 September 1836). Reprinted
from New York Commercial Advertiser, circa August 1836. HISTORY
OF MORMANISM. By a Correspondent of the New York Commercial
Advertiser. It appears that Mormonism owes its origin to an
individual named Solomon Spalding; who wrote the historical part
of the Book of Mormon, or, as it is sometimes called, the Mormon
Bible. But it was done more than twenty years ago, and without
the least intention on the part of the author, of framing a
system of delusion for his fellow-men. This Solomon Spalding was
a native of Ashford, Connecticut, where he was distinguished at
an early age, for his devotion to study, and for the superiority
of his success over that of his schoolmates. At a proper age, he
received an academic education, at Plainfield, and afterwards
commenced the study of law at Windham. But his mind becoming
inclined to re