Menasseh Ben Israel says Israelites made it to America and that Jewish customs are found among Native Americans.

Town of Rowley records show John Smith as son of Joseph Smith and Sarah Sawyer.

The Comoros Islands on maps of Africa from 1751 to 1800.

James Adair writes on the Native Americans; posits their descent from the Lost Tribes.

Courier of New Hampshire reports Ethan Smith being installed as a pastor in NH on March 12, 1800.

The Constitutional Telegraphe reports Ethan Smith had Jeffersonian Republican political views.

The preface and contents of The First Book of Napoleon.

Joseph Perry records the students of Moor's Indian Charity School for the year of 1813-1814, and Hyrum Smith is not listed.

Elias Boudinot's 1816 book A Star in the West attempts to identify the Native Americans as descendants of the Lost Tribes.

The Commonwealth reports that Sidney Rigdon and Solomon Spaulding have letters at the Pittsburgh post office.

Poultney Church Records indicate Oliver Cowdery's half-sisters were baptized into the church.

1820 census record for William Cowdery.

New Hampshire Sentinel republishes article noting that Ethan Smith is an editor at the Poultney Gazette (publisher of VOTH).

Poultney Gazette indicates VOTH is at press.

Poultney Gazette advertises View of the Hebrews.

Saratoga Sentinel publishes negative reivew of VOTH.

Saratoga Sentinel publishes part two of a negative review of View of the Hebrews.

Northern Spectator advertises View of the Hebrews.

Christian Watchman reviews View of the Hebrews.

Northern Spectator announces the publication and sale of View of the Hebrews.

New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette advertises the sale of View of the Hebrews.

Ethan Smith concludes response to negative review of View of the Hebrews.

The American Monthly Magazine uses the phrase "narrow neck of land" in 1824, reprinted in The Pennsylvanian.

The Long-Island Star retells a story about Captain Kidd hiding treasure in a hill in upstate New York.

The United States Literary Gazette based in Boston reviews VOTH.

Josiah Priest republishes extracts of View of the Hebrews.

Ethan Smith sites 2 Esdras 13:40 on the migration of the Ten Tribes.

Ethan Smith identifies Quetzalcoatl as Moses.

Ethan Smith discusses "Egyptian hieroglyphics" among the ancient Mexicans.

Ethan Smith describes the Indians having a "Urim and Thummim."

Jabez B. Hyde positively recommends the theory in VOTH.

The Wayne Sentinel lists letters waiting for Lyman Cowdery.

Daily National Intelligencer uses the phrase "narrow neck of land" in 1825.

Connecticut Herald advertises VOTH.

Litchfield County Post advertises View of the Hebrews.

Charleston Courier advertises View of the Hebrews.

Christian Secretary advertises VOTH.

Vermont Statesman reports the ordination of Ethan Smith.

New-York Times article on Captain “Robert” Kidd mentions popularity of his stories and buried treasure, reprinted in The Farmers’ Journal.

Old Colony Memorial advertises sale of VOTH.

Webster’s 1828 dictionary definition of "illiterate."

John Marsh cites Ethan Smith and other authors in favor of the authenticity of the Bible.

An 1828 essay discusses the Batman Su river.

The Wayne Sentinel mentions letters waiting for Lyman Cowdery.

Barbara Anne Simon cites VOTH in arguing for the Hebraic Indian theory.

Joseph Smith receives revelation for Oliver Cowdery that translation is done according to faith.

Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon shows "second" was inserted at the beginning of "the Book of <second> Nephi."

Wayne Sentinel reports on the "pretended discovery" and translation of the "Golden Bible," says most people don't believe in it.

First pages of First and Second Nephi in the Printer's Manuscript of the Book of Mormon have "first" and "second" inserted above the lines.

Rochester Daily Advertiser reprints "Golden Bible" article from the Palmyra Freeman.

The Farmers' Journal (Canada) reprints "Golden Bible" article from the Palmyra Freeman.

Norwalk Reporter reprints "Golden Bible" article from the Palmyra Freeman.

Joseph says he translated the Book of Mormon “by the gift and power of God” in its preface.

The 1830 titlepage of the Book of Mormon.

C. C. Blatchley criticizes Book of Mormon text, says Joseph Smith is the author in New-York Telescope article.

Abner Cole, parodying the Book of Mormon, writes that Joseph Smith was influenced by Walters the Magician.

Cleveland Herald says Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery altered the "old Bible" to make the Book of Mormon.

Palmyra Reflector describes Joseph and the Smith family as uneducated and ignorant.

The Cleveland Advertiser claims Sidney Rigdon wrote the Book of Mormon.

Abner Cole claims Joseph Smith was influenced to create the Book of Mormon by Luman Walters, details their money-digging and magic practices.

Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer says Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon came up with the Book of Mormon to make money.

Alexander Campbell concludes that Joseph Smith wrote the Book of Mormon himself.

Joseph Smith says he translated 116 pages of manuscript that Martin Harris lost.

Constantine Samuel Rafinesque says "Mormonites" were based on the same theory as VOTH; credits JS as author of BOM.

Alexander Campbell implies the Book of Mormon came from Satan.

Sidney Rigdon is called to be Joseph's counselor.

Boston Recorder reports that Oliver Cowdery was a printer.

The Wayne Sentinel reports that Doctor Philastus Hurlbut has found evidence that the Book of Mormon came from a thirty year old manuscript.

In Mormonism Unvailed E. D. Howe suggests that the Book of Mormon is plagiarized from Solomon Spaulding's manuscript.

Joseph Samuel C. F. Frey cites View of the Hebrews in his discussion of the lost ten tribes.

E. D. Howe claims Joseph Smith was searching for Captain Kidd’s money when he claimed to have found the plates.

Court case between Joseph Smith and Doctor Philastus Hurlbut.

Transcript of court case between Joseph Smith and Doctor Philastus Hurlbut on April 9, 1834.

The Free Elector reprints a letter from the Painesville Telegraph about the Spaulding manuscript.

Oliver Cowdery says he first met Joseph Smith on April 5, 1829; describes Book of Mormon translation process.

Josiah Priest says the Book of Mormon is a poor imitation of the Old Testament.

Joseph said that he translated the Book of Mormon by the gift and power of God and could not translate when he was in transgression.

Title page of the 1837 edition of the Book of Mormon.

Clericus reports on Mormonism Unvailed and the Spaulding manuscript.

Parley P. Pratt criticizes newspapers that report the Spaulding theory as a fact.

Samuel Williams claims that Sidney Rigdon used Solomon Spaulding's manuscript to write the Book of Mormon.

Joseph reports Moroni's visitation on September 21, 1823.

Joseph mentions meeting Oliver Cowdery for the first time on April 5, 1829.

Joseph gives a brief sketch of his early life from ca. 1805-1819.

Christian Mirror lists View of the Hebrews in an advertisement for theological books.

Joseph Smith’s history says Oliver Cowdery began work as his scribe on April 7, 1829.

John Storrs includes affidavit from Matilda Spaulding Davison and writes in support of the Spaulding theory in letter to the Boston Recorder editor.

The Daily National Intelligencer reprints an article from the Boston Daily Advertiser reporting that Doctor Philastus Hurlbut found Spaulding's manuscript.

Alexander Campbell writes that he believes the Spaulding theory.

Willard Richards records Joseph Smith's teachings on detecting angels.

Benjamin Winchester explains the origin of the Spaulding theory of Book of Mormon authorship.

James B. Finley cites VOTH in his book on the Wyandott Indians.

Orson Pratt records that schooling was available to Joseph.

Asahel Grant voices skepticism towards the theory advanced in VOTH.

Grant Powers describes Ethan Smith's pastorate in Haverhill, NH.

Martha Jane Knowlton Coray notes Joseph’s teachings on detecting true angels.

Signs of the Times reports that Ethan Smith is lecturing against William Miller's theories.

Boston Recorder announces Ethan Smith is lecturing against William Miller.

J. B. Turner argues JS is the sole author of the BOM.

Zadock Thompson provides history of the town of Poultney, VT; mentions Ethan Smith as pastor.

Article in The King's College Magazine positively cites VOTH.

Joseph Smith, as editor of Times and Seasons, publishes extracts of View Of The Hebrews.

Joseph records an appearance of the archangel Michael on the banks of the Susquehanna river "detecting the devil" who appeared as an angel of light.

William Clayton records Joseph Smith’s teachings on detecting false angels.

Times and Seasons includes a biography of Sidney Rigdon's early life in the "History of Joseph Smith," part 1.

Tyler Parsons quotes statements from Mormonism Unvailed about the Spaulding manuscript.

Lucy Mack Smith reports that Joseph Smith was not interested in reading as a youth.

Lucy Mack Smith tells of the Smith family's early debts, limited education, farming, and Joseph Sr. teaching school.

The Weekly Herald publishes a fictional dialogue between Joseph Smith and the Devil about the Spaulding manuscript theory.

Lucy Mack Smith recalls JS not being "inclined" to reading books as a young man.

Lucy Mack Smith recalls Oliver Cowdery meeting the Smith family for the first time in the spring of 1829.

1846 publication mentions Ethan Smith's pastorate in Hopkinton, New Hampshire.

Hiram Page reaffirms his testimony of the Book of Mormon.

Wisconsin Tribune author cites View of the Hebrews.

Reuben Miller records Oliver Cowdery stating how Joseph translated the BOM and Rigdon did not make it up.

John Hayward mentions Ethan Smith's pastorate in Haverhill and Hopkinton, New Hampshire.

Boston Investigator mentions Ethan Smith's theory in View of the Hebrews; calls it "fiction."

Puritan Recorder reports the death of Ethan Smith.

Orsamus Turner indicates that Oliver Cowdery was a printer in western New York in the mid 1820s.

Mark Doolittle provides biographical sketch of Ethan Smith and his family.

Orsamus Turner’s book chapter says the Book of Mormon came from Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph Smith Sr. and Oliver Cowdery.

An early Church history notes that the Manchester Courier has printed articles about "the old Spaulding romance."

Biographical sketch of Ethan Smith.

Isaac P. Labagh notes theory in View of the Hebrews, but voices some skepticism.

Orson Pratt describes Joseph Smith's limited education.

Millennial Star reprints Oliver Cowdery testimony of the Book of Mormon, the plates and translation, the appearance of angels.

The New American Cyclopaedia reports the Spaulding theory.

Short bio of Ethan Smith as a Dartmouth alumnus.

George Thomas Chapman's entry for Dr. John Smith in the Sketches of the Alumni at Dartmouth that erroneously identifies his father as the Joseph Smith married to Elisabeth Palmer.

George Thomas Chapman explains the limitations of the Sketches of Dartmouth alumni, and that some inaccuracies are to be expected.

Pomeroy Tucker reports that Joseph knew a lot of stories about Captain Kidd.

J. G. Hale recounts history of Ethan Smith's pastorate in Poultney; discusses the details of his dismissal from the church.

J. H. Beadle asserts that the Book of Mormon came from the Spaulding manuscript.

The New Era cites View of the Hebrews in arguing for the Hebraic Indian theory.

Henry S. Huntington remarks on Ethan Smith's habit of giving long prayers.

T. B. H. Stenhouse claims Joseph Smith may have used spiritualism to write the Book of Mormon, doesn't believe Spaulding theory.

In a letter to Amos Sutton Hayden, Darwin Atwater says that Sidney Rigdon knew about the Book of Mormon before 1830.

Joseph Joslin gives brief sketch of Ethan Smith's pastorate in Poultney.

1875 history of Poultney, VT, describes the founding and operation of the press that printed View of the Hebrews.

William W. Williams quotes E. D. Howe's Mormonism Unvailed.

W. W. Clayton mentions Ethan Smith's brief pastorate in Pompey, NY.

William Sayre mentions a man who claimed in 1829 that Joseph Smith Sr. created the Book of Mormon.

John Hulbert Gilbert recalls Oliver Cowdery helping on the printing of the Book of Mormon.

W. W. Blair recounts interview with Michael Morse; Morse recounts the Book of Mormon dictation, says Joseph was unlearned and incapable of composing it himself.

Emma Smith says Joseph Smith did not use manuscripts or notes while dictating the Book of Mormon.

M. D. Gilman says it "is now pretty well established" that Solomon Spaulding wrote the Book of Mormon.

Anna Ruth Webster Eaton claims Captain Kidd was Joseph Smith's "hero," that Lucy Mack Smith influenced Joseph to be a prophet, and the Book of Mormon came from Solomon Spaulding.

David Whitmer describes Book of Mormon translation process.

Abby Maria Hemenway briefly notes the history of William Cowdery living in Vermont.

George Reynolds argues against the Spaulding theory.

Clark Braden supports the Spaulding-Rigdon theory, Church members took arguments for the Book of Mormon from Josiah Priest's book Wonders of Nature and Providence Displayed.

Delavan A. Leonard claims that there is little doubt that the Book of Mormon came from the Spaulding manuscript.

Ellen E. Dickinson claims that Sidney Rigdon did not steal the Spaulding manuscript, but he did copy it.

W. H. Whitsitt claims that Sidney Rigdon wrote the Book of Mormon, incorporating Disciple (Campbellite) theology into the text.

W. H. Whitsitt claims that Sidney Rigdon traveled to Pennsylvania to give Oliver Cowdery and Joseph Smith additional text to add to the Book of Mormon.

RLDS Church publishes two letters from L. L. Rice to Joseph Smith III about Solomon Spaulding's Manuscript Found, along with the entire manuscript.

W. H. Whitsitt describes the Honolulu Manuscript and states that it was not used to write the Book of Mormon.

James H. Fairchild found no resemblance between the Spaulding manuscript and the Book of Mormon.

Lorenzo Saunders claims Oliver Cowdery met the Smiths in 1826.

The Utonian reports on the discovery of the Spaulding manuscript.

The St. Joseph Gazette reports the claim that William Leffingwell edited the Book of Mormon for Solomon Spaulding.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Spaulding's niece wrote an expose of Mormonism, including the Spaulding manuscript theory.

Helen Mar Kimball reviews Spaulding's "Manuscript Found" for the Woman's Exponent.

Deseret Book reprints an apparent letter from Solomon Spaulding refuting Christianity.

Biographical sketch of Ethan Smith by Ephraim Orcutt Jameson.

The Atlanta Constitution reports the discovery of the Spaulding manuscripts and claims L. L. Rice knew Sidney Rigdon.

Lucy Cowdery Young, Oliver's half-sister, gives short biography of Oliver Cowdery; mentions he left for NY in circa 1825 and met the Smiths circa 1829.

Biographical sketch of Oliver Cowdery has him living in Poultney, VT until "about" 1825.

Arthur B. Deming speculates that Solomon Spaulding wrote multiple copies of "Manuscript Found."

R. W. Alderman claims that Martin Harris told him that Sidney Rigdon stole Spaulding's manuscript and published it as the Book of Mormon.

James H. Fairchild says that the title "Manuscript Story" was on the wrapper of Spaulding's Manuscript when L. L. Rice found it.

Arthur B. Deming reprints a letter from James H. Fairchild about the title of Spaulding's manuscript.

James Grant Wilson and John Fiske provide brief bio of Ethan Smith.

Elijah M. Haines positively quotes View of the Hebrews in support of the Hebraic Indian theory.

W. R. Hine says that Joseph Smith had a vision of Captain Kidd.

W. H. Whitsitt says that Solomon Spaulding's story "Manuscript Found" existed in at least three forms which were used to write the Book of Mormon.

Public Opinion mentions both VOTH and the BOM in an article on the Hebraic Indian theory.

S. F. Porter alleges that Sidney Rigdon and Joseph Smith modified Spaulding's manuscript into the Book of Mormon.

J. L. Merrill discusses the early ministry of Ethan Smith in Haverhill, New Hampshire.

Thomas Gregg's late retelling of Joseph Smith's life and interest in Captain Kidd's treasure, including a letter from Stephen S. Harding.

Bibliography of Ethan Smith's publications.

Lloyd Vernon Briggs documents Ethan Smith's tenure as pastor of a church in Hanover, MA.

The Contributor cites View of the Hebrews as evidence for the Book of Mormon.

Bibliography of some of Ethan Smith's published works.

The Daily Enquirer reports that the Spaulding theory is still being taught.

Millennial Star approvingly quotes Ethan Smith.

Lu B. Cake repeats the Spaulding theory.

Joseph F. Smith reports a meeting with L. L. Rice in Hawaii about the Spaulding manuscript.

Joseph F. Smith notes discrepancies between "Manuscript Found" and the Book of Mormon.

James Mahaffey lists 22 parallels he found between the Spaulding Manuscript and the Book of Mormon.

Isaac Woodbridge Riley claims Joseph Smith had epilepsy and produced the Book of Mormon through automatic writing.

Isaac Woodbridge Riley says Joseph Smith was influenced by View of the Hebrews and other books.

Church YMMIA manual (reprint of B. H. Roberts) cites VOTH.

The Poultney Journal recounts briefly Ethan Smith's pastorate in the town.

Part 1 of a series on the origins of the Book of Mormon by Theodore Schroeder.

Part 3 of Theodore Schroeder’s series on the origins of the Book of Mormon.

Thomas William Herringshaw gives biographical sketches of both Ethan and Joseph Smith.

Eliza E. Cartwright says that Solomon Spaulding's daughter told her that one his characters was called "Mormon."

Henry A. Stebbins cites Ethan Smith and other authors in favor of the BOM.

B. H. Roberts addresses the Spaulding theory.

B. H. Roberts argues the JS could not have derived the BOM from VOTH.

Charles A. Shook contextualizes the BOM alongside other works of the "Hebraic Indian" theory.

Family History of Benjamin Franklin Cowdery, a cousin of Oliver Cowdery; mentions that Benjamin was a printer.