John Spalding(1774-1857). Statement published in: “The Yankee Mahomet” American Whig Review (NYC: Wiley & Putnam — June 1851).
http://www.solomonspalding.com/docs/1851Whig.htm
“Chaldea” refers to land in Southern Babylon bordering the Persian Gulf.
Fundamentalist Christian timelines date the dispersion from the Tower of Babel to around 2300 BC.
http://www.christianworldviewofhistoryandculture.com/historytimeline