Footnotes

1. [1]

   See Historical Introduction to Revelation, ca. Summer 1829 [D&C 19].

2. [2]

   See Historical Introduction to Copyright for Book of Mormon, 11 June 1829. This substantial sum clearly included a significant profit for Grandin after allowing for all his expenses—perhaps more than the average profit for printers, which was around 12 percent on top of printing costs. (Compare Hansard, Typographia, 797.)

   Hansard, T. C. Typographia: An Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Art of Printing; with Practical Directions for Conducting Every Department in an Office: With a Description of Stereotype and Lithography. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1825.

3. [3]

   Martin Harris to Egbert B. Grandin, Indenture, Wayne Co., NY, 25 Aug. 1829, Wayne Co., NY, Mortgage Records, vol. 3, pp. 325–326, microfilm 479,556, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Initially, there may have been a plan for Harris to pay only half the cost of printing. Lucy Mack Smith later wrote that JS and Grandin agreed “that half of the price for printing was to be paid by Martin Harris, and the residue, by my two sons, Joseph and Hyrum.” Lucy was mistaken to report this as the final contract, however, which actually called for Harris to secure the entire cost. (Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845, 158.)

   U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

4. [4]

   Thurlow Weed, Statement, New York City, NY, 12 Apr. 1880, in Dickinson, New Light on Mormonism, 261. Weed later became the editor of the Albany Evening Journal and one of the most influential and powerful leaders of the Whig Party in New York.

   Dickinson, Ellen E. New Light on Mormonism. New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1885.

5. [5]

   John H. Gilbert, Memorandum, 8 Sept. 1892, photocopy, CHL. JS’s history offered this account: “Mean time our translation drawing to a close, we went to Palmyra, Wayne County, N. Y: Secured the Copyright; and agreed with Mr Egbert Grandon to print five thousand Copies, for the sum of three thousand dollars.” (JS History, vol. A-1, 34.)

   Gilbert, John H. Memorandum, 8 Sept. 1892. Photocopy. CHL. MS 9223.

6. [6]

   Revelation, ca. Summer 1829 [D&C 19:34–35].

7. [7]

   See, for example, “Mrs. Sylvia Walker’s Statement,” Naked Truths about Mormonism (Oakland, CA), Apr. 1888, 1; and Henry Harris, Affidavit, Cuyahoga Co., OH, [ca. Nov. 1833], in Howe, Mormonism Unvailed, 251–252. In 1831, JS instructed Martin Harris, “You will not sell the books for less than 10 Shillings [$1.25].” (Letter to Martin Harris, 22 Feb. 1831.)

   Naked Truths about Mormonism: Also a Journal for Important, Newly Apprehended Truths, and Miscellany. Oakland, CA. Jan. and Apr. 1888.

   Howe, Eber D. Mormonism Unvailed: Or, A Faithful Account of That Singular Imposition and Delusion, from Its Rise to the Present Time. With Sketches of the Characters of Its Propagators, and a Full Detail of the Manner in Which the Famous Golden Bible Was Brought before the World. To Which Are Added, Inquiries into the Probability That the Historical Part of the Said Bible Was Written by One Solomon Spalding, More Than Twenty Years Ago, and by Him Intended to Have Been Published as a Romance. Painesville, OH: By the author, 1834.

8. [8]

   See Historical Introduction to Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 28 Dec. 1829.

9. [9]

   Revelation, ca. Early 1830.

10. [10]

    On 26 March 1830, Grandin offered copies of the Book of Mormon for sale, retail and wholesale, in his bookstore. (“The Book of Mormon,” Wayne Sentinel [Palmyra, NY], 26 Mar. 1830, [3].)

    Wayne Sentinel. Palmyra, NY. 1823–1852, 1860–1861.

11. [11]

    Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845, 168.

12. [12]

    Knight, Reminiscences, 6.

    Knight, Joseph, Sr. Reminiscences, no date. CHL. MS 3470.

13. [13]

    Nathaniel W. Howell et al. to Ancil Beach, Jan. 1832, in Vogel, Early Mormon Documents, 3:16.

    Vogel, Dan, ed. Early Mormon Documents. 5 vols. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1996–2003.

14. [14]

    Wayne Co., NY, Deed Records, 1823–1904, vol. 10, pp. 515–516, 7 Apr. 1831, microfilm 478,786, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. John H. Gilbert stated that the Book of Mormon “did not find a very ready sale at the outset, and Harris, who had mortgaged his farm to pay the printer’s bill, was cleaned out financially.” (“The Book of Mormon,” 618.)

    U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

    “The Book of Mormon. Story of the Man Who First Printed It.” American Bookseller: A Semi-Monthly Journal Devoted to the Interests of the Book, Stationery, News, and Music Trades, and General Literature: With Which Is Incorporated the American Booksellers’ Guide 4, no. 12 (15 Dec. 1877): 617–618.

15. [15]

    David B. Dille, “Additional Testimony of Martin Harris,” LDS Millennial Star, 20 Aug. 1859, 21:545.

    Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.