Ch.24 p.209-211 The Memoirs of President Joseph Smith lll

The chapter Heading is given as New Trails and Old and the subheadings of this episode as : Ridgeway, and A Rising Cloud of Dissension. The contention consisted of whether rule be made by a few people at the head, or by many. The favour was chosen as the many. The dream Joseph Smith lll relates in this episode is of interest, he dreams that a manuscript would be found called the Spaulding Theory, and would have witness names on it. He goes on to share that in 1885 the manuscript was discovered and was with a man in Honolulu. This manuscript was of interest as claims were made by a Hurlburt that The Book of Mormon evolved from the writings of Solomon Spalding.