Matilda Spaulding, daughter of Solomon Spaulding writes: "he [Solomon Spaulding] read the manuscript which I had seen him writing, to the neighbors, and to the clergyman, a friend of his who came to see him. Some of the names that he mentioned while reading to these people I have never forgotten. They are as fresh to me today as though I heard them yesterday. They were 'Mormon,' 'Maroni,' 'Lamenite,' 'Nephi.'"
[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
This woman's testimony was worthless. Fawn Brodie and even the Tanners (Jerald & Sandra) regarded it as such. A plain reading of the Spaulding manuscript will plainly show it to be completely different.
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