Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints, or Mormonites: Who and What Are They?Manuscript Found, and removing to Pittsberg he placed his manuscript in the hands of a Mr. Patterson, a printer, who said he would publish it upon speculation, if Spaulding would draw out a title-page and write a preface to the work; this he refused to do, consequently the work was laid upon the printer's shelves, and was not published. Failing in his project, Mr. Spaulding removed from Pittsberg, to Amity in the county of Washington, where he died in l816, in the 55th year of his age.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

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