Doctor Philastus Hurlbut (February 3, 1809 – June 16, 1883) was a 19th-century Latter Day Saint dissenter. Hurlbut is best known for his collection of affidavits which in 1834 were published in Eber D. Howe’s anti-Mormon book Mormonism Unvailed [sic]. The purpose of these affidavits was to produce damaging evidence related to the character of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, Smith's family, and his associates. (From Wikipedia)
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The Origin of the Spaulding Story; With a Short Biography of Dr. P. Hulbert, The Originator of the Same, and Some Testimony Adduced, Showing it to be a Sheer Fabrication, So Far as Its Connection with the Book of Mormon is Concerned (Philadelphia: Brown, Bicking and Guilpert, 1840), by Benjamin Winchester (HTML at solomonspalding.com)- Plain Facts, Shewing the Origin of the Spaulding Story, Concerning the Manuscript Found, and Its Being Transformed into the Book of Mormon, With a Short Biography of Dr. P. Hulbert, The Author of the Said Story (Bedford: C. B. Merry, 1841), by Benjamin Winchester (HTML at solomonspalding.com)