Itemized List of Presumed Similarities Between Spaulding's "Manuscript Story" and the Book of Mormon

Specific and single similarities have been isolated, listed separately, and numbered, with the paralleling citations from each work following. Whenever possible, direct quotations have been made. Only when necessary has discussion been utilized, and here care has been taken that the duplicating references are amply and accurately recorded -- but even so errors no doubt will appear. This method of listing parallels is cumbersome perhaps, and has involved exceeding labor in preparation, but it seems to have the merit of providing direct comparison between the two works with a minimum of vagueness.

"MS" refers to Solomon Spaulding's "Manuscript Story," the edition used being published at the Millennial Star Office, Liver- pool, England, 1910, 16 pages. "BM" refers to the BOK OF MORMON, and the edition used was published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, 1920, 522pp.