Different Printings of 1830 Book of Mormon

This article documents the known different printings of the only 1830 edition, first published March 26, 1830, by Egbert B. Grandin in Palmyra, New York. This had 5000 printings. First the known scans available online are listed, followed by a table comparing the known scans for the known differences, then the printing differences are described and many shown. Videos of actual first editions are linked to at the bottom.

Unique Online Scans

LOC1: Library of Congress Copy One
https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbc0001.2015gen34953c1/
Kebler, Leonard, donor. Received 5-10-44. Inside page shows "Chas. S. Albertson. Title page shows handwritten "C.S. Albertson". This is missing the preface sheet of paper (pages III - IV). This includes the testimonies addendum without page numbering. Inside last page (image 606 ) has handwritten "Martin Harris". The scan includes the spine and front and back covers.
This is a bad scan: Scan image 235 is page 231 but the following scan image 232 is page 228 repeated (same damage colorations). This continues with image 237 is page 229, image 238 is page 226, image 239 is page 227, image 240 is page 228 again, image 241 is page 229 again, image 242 is page 230, and image 243 is page 231. Those are all repeats.
LOC2: Library of Congress Copy Two
https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbc0001.2015gen34953c2/
Kebler, Leonard, donor. Received 5-10-44. Inside page shows pasted paper and Library of Congress label. The clerk page shows a faint oval stamp with "CITY OF WA...". This includes the testimonies addendum without page numbering. The final testimony page has handwritten "98.291.193".
Arc1: Archive.org #1 / University of Pittsburgh Library System (2010-02-04) (598 pages including replaced cover)
https://archive.org/details/bookofmormonacco1830smit/page/n3/mode/2up
Also at Wikisource: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Book_of_Mormon_(1830,_bookofmormonacco1830smit).pdf
Duplicated at archive.org: https://archive.org/details/book-of-mormon-1830/page/588/mode/2up and https://archive.org/details/book-of-mormon-palmyra-1830-edition/page/n595/mode/2up
Inside cover page has label from UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH and Darlington Memorial Library and "BX8623". Title page shows handwritten "2813.68". Back side of title page (clerk statement page) has handwritten "751" and "BX8623". The pages have significant fold or indentation marks or water damage. Pages 329 through 354 appear to have a small section missing at the top. The cover is replaced with a marbled artwork design cover. This includes the testimonies addendum without page numbering. (Those pages also handwritten have note which includes "L.A. Wright".) The final page has a pasted note about the treatment and rebinding in 1982.
Arc2: Archive.org #2 / SIM Microfilm Canister of IA40414302-02 Raw Scan
https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-book-of-mormon-_joseph-smith-junior_1830/mode/2up and
Shows lots of damage on edges of pages, end of book has significant water stains. This is a scan of a prior scan stored on microfilm. (Maybe the microfilm itself was damaged; see https://archive.org/search?query=canister%3AIA40414302-02 for other books on same microfilm.) This includes the testimonies addendum (both sides). This scan ends with the end of Book of Moroni and testimony of three witnesses repeated multiple times (so its OCR has that repeated multiple times too).
Arc3: Archive.org #3 / McGill University Library
https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_book-mormon_OCTAVO-6525-22415/mode/2up
Front inside cover says Rev. James Roy in print and handwritten. Cover is taped to title page. The clips holding book open are seen for many pages (for photographs). Bottom of preface page is stamped 386280. Creases and damage can be seen such as on page 5, Book of Nephi. (Note that multiple books have similar creases.) Various handwritten notations and underlining throughout book. Inside backcover shows MCGILL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY with identifiers BZZMO, B641.4, 386280, OCTAVO 6525. End of scan includes handwritten notes included with the book.
JSP: Joseph Smith Papers / Church History Library
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/book-of-mormon-1830/1 Another copy at https://bookofmormon.online/fax/1830/.
Inside cover multiple pasted newspaper clippings. Inside page (front second flyleaf recto) handwritten "James H. Moyle" and "March 22 1906". For details of this version, see the JSP's source note.
IRR: Institute for Religious Research
https://mit.irr.org/1830-book-of-mormon
This includes the testimonies addendum. This scan has white background and is cropped so doesn't show paper colorations or edges. This scan is missing commas, hyphens, and an entire word at the end of six pages, but I am not listing those six printing differences below until I can understand that these are not due to paper damage that is not shown. With the white background and missing paper imperfections, it appears that faint type is not seen, so may misrepresent what this printed book really had.
WTL: Woodstock Theological Library, Georgetown Univ.
https://repository.digital.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/1049532
Title page has handwritten "BXZ", "8623", and "1830". Includes testimonies addendum.
CHL: Church History Catalog / Uncut Sheets
M222.1 B724 1830 gatherings 1-37
https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/record/e7d19cd9-79d9-4dde-80a6-32e1060dabff/0?view=browse
These sheets were originally owned by the 1830 compositor, John Gilbert, and obtained by Wilford Wood, and later donated to the church.
This 37 uncut sheets of 8 pages per side. Shows some fold marks and some minor damage. This is uncut, untrimmed, ungathered, unbound pages. There are some torn sheets and small missing sections of paper.

Differences in Printings

There are only two clean texts with scans that keep the original content (even if obvious mistakes) as seen in the typesetting: at Joseph Smith Papers and Wikisource. Other OCR scans are available but are full of numerous recognition errors, such as random characters and garbeled words. I provided over 65 fixes combined to JSP and Wikisource for restoring original words and punctuation, and fixing metadata tags. If you know of other clean texts, please let me know so I can compare. (Note that multiple 1830 texts online have wrong content from different editions or purposeful manipulation. They also don't have scanned pages to compare with.)

My assumption is that typos were edited after reading sheets but the original sheets as signatures were still gathered (folded, assembled, cut). This was all part of one printing with type changes being made during the effort causing some books to have slightly different content for the same first 1830 printing.

Later, I was told about a book by Royal Skousen, The Early Transmissions of the Text (2024), with a sections about "The 1830 Palmyra Edition" and "In-Press Changes in the 1830 Edition" I haven't purchased it yet.

In addition after I started finding differences on my own, I learned about Janet Jenson, "Variations between Copies of the First Edition of the Book of Mormon," BYU Studies 13, no. 2 (Winter 1973): 214--22. Of the seventy copies examined, sixty were found to have variants. This article provided several more differences that I also later confirmed in various scans. Interestingly, Jenson's 1973 research did not have the seven differences I found.

I created a database with all my 1830 differences research in YAML and a python script to generate the following table and data.

Sheet Arc1 Arc2 Arc3 CHL IRR JSP LOC1 LOC2 WTL
1. Holy one / Holy One (2 Nephi, Ch. 6, Pg. 81, Ln. 20) 6 Holy One Holy One Holy One Holy one Holy one Holy One Holy One Holy One Holy one 3 : 6
2. condescentions / condescensions (2 Nephi, Ch. 6, Pg. 83, Ln. 28) 6 condescensions condescensions condescensions condescentions condescentions condescensions condescensions condescensions condescentions 3 : 6
3. carcases / carcasses (2 Nephi, Ch. 8, Pg. 91, Ln. 9) 6 carcasses carcasses carcasses carcases carcases carcasses carcasses carcasses carcases 3 : 6
4. peeple / people (Jacob, Ch. 2, Pg. 127, Ln. 13) 8 peeple peeple peeple peeple people peeple peeple peeple peeple 8 : 1
5. obout / about (Enos, Pg. 144, Ln. 36) 9 obout about about about about obout about obout about 3 : 6
6. Neph , / Nephi, (Mosiah, Ch. 11, Pg. 205, Ln. 3) 13 Nephi, Nephi, Nephi, Nephi, Neph , Nephi, Nephi, Nephi, Nephi, 1 : 8
7. these which / those which (Mosiah, Ch. 13, Pg. 218, Ln. 43) 14 those which those which those which those which these which those which those which those which those which 1 : 8
8. gn / ing (Alma, Ch. 12, Pg. 271, Ln. 1) 17 gn gn ing gn gn gn gn gn gn 8 : 1
9. this is God / This is God (Alma, Ch. 12, Pg. 275, Ln. 19) 18 This is God This is God This is God This is God This is God this is God this is God This is God this is God 3 : 6
10. ifthou / if thou (Alma, Pg. 286, Ln. 27) 18 if thou if thou if thou if thou if thou ifthou ifthou if thou ifthou 3 : 6
11. khown / known (Alma, Ch. 13, Pg. 286, Ln. 36) 18 known known known known known khown khown known khown 3 : 6
12. hia / his (Alma, Ch. 13, Pg. 287, Ln. 36) 18 his his his his his hia hia his hia 3 : 6
13. River Sidon / river Sidon (Alma, Ch. 20, Pg. 342, Ln. 18) 22 river Sidon river Sidon river Sidon river Sidon river Sidon river Sidon River Sidon river Sidon river Sidon 1 : 8
14. River Sidon / river Sidon (Alma, Ch. 20, Pg. 343, Ln. 1) 22 river Sidon river Sidon river Sidon river Sidon river Sidon river Sidon River Sidon river Sidon river Sidon 1 : 8
15. River Sidon / river Sidon (Alma, Ch. 20, Pg. 343, Ln. 2) 22 river Sidon river Sidon river Sidon river Sidon river Sidon river Sidon River Sidon river Sidon river Sidon 1 : 8
16. lands, and / lands and (Alma, Ch. 20, Pg. 343, Ln. 10) 22 lands and lands and lands and lands and lands and lands and lands, and lands and lands and 1 : 8
17. judges / Judges (Alma, Ch. 21, Pg. 350, Ln. 17) 22 Judges Judges Judges Judges Judges Judges judges Judges Judges 1 : 8
18. armors / armours (Alma, Ch. 21, Pg. 351, Ln. 38) 22 armours armours armours armours armours armours armors armours armours 1 : 8
19. neither does / neither do (Alma, Ch. 26, Pg. 393, Ln. 4) 25 neither do neither do neither do neither do neither do neither does neither do neither do neither do 1 : 8
20. becaus / because (Alma, Ch. 29, Pg. 400) 25 because because because because because becaus because because because 1 : 8
21. Paharon / Pahoran (Alma, Ch. 29, Pg. 400) 25 Pahoran Pahoran Pahoran Pahoran Pahoran Paharon Pahoran Pahoran Pahoran 1 : 8
22. Gaddianhi / Giddianhi (3 Nephi, Ch. 2, Pg. 458, Ln. 18) 29 Giddianhi Giddianhi Gaddianhi Giddianhi Giddianhi Giddianhi Giddianhi Giddianhi Giddianhi 1 : 8
23. them, as / them, As (3 Nephi, Ch. 2, Pg. 458, Ln. 31) 29 them, As them, As them, as them, As them, As them, As them, As them, As them, As 1 : 8
24. 48 / 487 (3 Nephi, Ch. 7, Pg. 487) 31 487 487 487 48 487 487 487 487 487 1 : 8
25. break / bread (3 Nephi, Ch. 8, Pg. 490) 31 break bread bread bread bread bread bread bread bread 1 : 8
26. hoops / hoofs (3 Nephi, Ch. 9, Pg. 497, Ln. 12) 32 hoops hoofs hoofs hoops hoops hoops hoofs hoofs hoops 5 : 4
27. which is in my name? / which is my name? (3 Nephi, Ch. 12, Pg. 507, Ln. 26) 32 which is in my name? which is my name? which is my name? which is in my name? which is in my name? which is in my name? which is my name? which is my name? which is in my name? 5 : 4
28. maybe / may be (4 Nephi, Ch. 1, Pg. 514, Ln. 2) 33 may be may be may be may be may be may be maybe may be may be 1 : 8
29. rumderers / murderers (Mormon, Ch. 1, Pg. 521, Ln. 8) 33 rumderers rumderers rumderers murderers murderers rumderers murderers rumderers rumderers 6 : 3
30. brethern / brethren (Ether, Ch. 1, Pg. 542, Ln. 9) 34 brethern brethren brethren brethren brethren brethern brethren brethern brethren 3 : 6
31. elder priest / elder or priest (Moroni, Ch. 4, Pg. 575, Ln. 18) 36 elder priest elder or priest elder or priest elder or priest elder or priest elder priest elder or priest elder or priest elder or priest 2 : 7
32. unto the baptism / unto baptism (Moroni, Ch. 6, Pg. 576, Ln. 14) 36 unto the baptism unto baptism unto baptism unto baptism unto baptism unto the baptism unto the baptism unto baptism unto baptism 3 : 6
33. mekness / meekness (Moroni, Ch. 8, Pg. 582, Ln. 41) 37 meekness meekness meekness mekness mekness meekness meekness meekness meekness 2 : 7
34. stireth / stirreth (Moroni, Ch. 9, Pg. 583, Ln. 26) 37 stirreth stirreth stirreth stireth stireth stirreth stirreth stirreth stirreth 2 : 7
35. seeen / seen (Pg. 589, Ln. 11) 37 seen seen seen seeen seeen seen seen seen seen 2 : 7
Count before : after   10 : 25 3 : 32 4 : 31 11 : 24 11 : 24 16 : 19 14 : 21 5 : 30 12 : 23 86 : 229
Arc1 Arc2 Arc3 CHL IRR JSP LOC1 LOC2 WTL

VI / IV (Page IV)

VI (page number VI)

(Not found)

IV (page number IV)

1. CHL, 2. LOC1, 3. LOC2, 4. Arc1, 5. Arc2, 6. Arc3, 7. JSP, 8. IRR, 9. WTL

Sheet 1 recto

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he / the (2 Nephi, Chapter 2, Page 74, Line 21)

he

(Not found)

the

Sheet 5 verso

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Holy one / Holy One (2 Nephi, Chapter 6, Page 81, Line 20, Word 12)

Holy one

1. IRR, 2. WTL, 3. CHL

Holy One

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. Arc3, 6. JSP

Sheet 6 recto

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condescentions / condescensions (2 Nephi, Chapter 6, Page 83, Line 28, Word 10)

condescentions

1. CHL, 2. IRR, 3. WTL

condescensions

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. Arc3, 6. JSP

Sheet 6 verso

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carcases / carcasses (2 Nephi, Chapter 8, Page 91, Line 9, Word 8)

carcases

1. CHL, 2. IRR, 3. WTL

carcasses

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. Arc3, 6. JSP

Sheet 6 verso

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(Still a mix of spellings of this in later edition, but for this entry it became this newer spelling.)

peeple / people (Jacob, Chapter 2, Page 127, Line 13, Word 10)

peeple

1. Arc1, 2. Arc2, 3. Arc3, 4. CHL, 5. JSP, 6. LOC1, 7. LOC2, 8. WTL

people

1. IRR

Sheet 8 verso

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The IRR scanned image is very poor quality and maybe this was not fixed.

obout / about (Enos, Page 144, Line 36, Word 11)

obout

1. LOC2, 2. JSP, 3. Arc1

about

1. LOC1, 2. Arc2, 3. Arc3, 4. IRR, 5. WTL, 6. CHL

Sheet 9 recto

Cite: Jenson (1973)

Neph , / Nephi, (Mosiah, Chapter 11, Page 205, Line 3, Word 7)

Neph , (missing type "i" before comma)

1. IRR

Nephi,

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. Arc3, 6. JSP, 7. WTL, 8. CHL

Sheet 13 recto

Not a mispelling or a typesetting mistake, because of the obvious space, but appears that the type was bad and maybe fell out. We don't know if this was fixed after.

exceding grert / exceeding great (Mosiah, Chapter 11, Page 207, Line 37, Word 7)

exceding grert

(Not found)

exceeding great

1. Arc1, 2. Arc2, 3. Arc3, 4. CHL, 5. IRR, 6. JSP, 7. LOC1, 8. LOC2, 9. WTL

Cite: Jenson (1973)

122 / 212 (Mosiah, Chapter 11, Page 212)

122 (page number 122)

1. Arc1, 2. Arc2, 3. Arc3, 4. CHL, 5. IRR, 6. JSP, 7. LOC1, 8. LOC2, 9. WTL

212 (page number 212)

(Not found)

Sheet 14 recto

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these which / those which (Mosiah, Chapter 13, Page 218, Line 43, Word 1)

these which

1. IRR

those which

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. Arc3, 6. JSP, 7. WTL, 8. CHL

Sheet 14 verso

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judges / Judges (Alma, Chapter 2, Page 231, Line 6, Word 11)

judges (lowercase)

(Not found)

Judges (Uppercase)

1. CHL, 2. IRR, 3. JSP, 4. LOC1, 5. LOC2, 6. Arc1, 7. Arc2, 8. Arc3, 9. WTL

Sheet 15 verso

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bretren / brethren (Alma, Chapter 3, Page 233, Line 15, Word 5)

bretren

(Not found)

brethren

1. JSP, 2. CHL, 3. LOC1, 4. LOC2, 5. Arc1, 6. Arc2, 7. Arc3, 8. IRR, 9. WTL

Sheet 15 recto

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wokrs / works (Alma, Chapter 3, Page 234, Line 5)

wokrs

(Not found)

works

1. CHL, 2. JSP

Sheet 15 verso

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gn / ing (Alma, Chapter 12, Page 271, Line 1, Word 1)

gn (continuation from previous page "hav-")

1. Arc1, 2. Arc2, 3. CHL, 4. IRR, 5. JSP, 6. LOC1, 7. LOC2, 8. WTL

ing

1. Arc3

Sheet 17 verso

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Word split from previous page.

God; / God, (Alma, Chapter 3, Page 236, Line 26, Word 5)

God; (semicolon)

(Not found)

God, (comma)

1. CHL, 2. JSP, 3. LOC1, 4. LOC2, 5. Arc1, 6. Arc2, 7. Arc3, 8. IRR, 9. WTL

Sheet 15 recto

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this is God / This is God (Alma, Chapter 12, Page 275, Line 19, Word 1)

this is God

1. LOC1, 2. JSP, 3. WTL

This is God

1. LOC2, 2. Arc1, 3. Arc2, 4. Arc3, 5. IRR, 6. CHL

Sheet 18 verso

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ifthou / if thou (Alma, Page 286, Line 27, Word 5)

ifthou (missing space)

1. LOC1, 2. JSP, 3. WTL

if thou

1. LOC2, 2. Arc1, 3. Arc2, 4. Arc3, 5. IRR, 6. CHL

Sheet 18 verso

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khown / known (Alma, Chapter 13, Page 286, Line 36, Word 2)

khown

1. LOC1, 2. JSP, 3. WTL

known

1. LOC2, 2. Arc1, 3. Arc2, 4. Arc3, 5. IRR, 6. CHL

Sheet 18 verso

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hia / his (Alma, Chapter 13, Page 287, Line 36, Word 1)

all hia people

1. LOC1, 2. JSP, 3. WTL

all his people

1. LOC2, 2. Arc1, 3. Arc2, 4. Arc3, 5. IRR, 6. CHL

Sheet 18 verso

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brethrren / brethren (Alma, Chapter 20, Page 341, Line 29, Word 4)

brethrren

(Not found)

brethren

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. Arc3, 6. JSP, 7. IRR, 8. WTL, 9. CHL

Sheet 22 recto

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River Sidon / river Sidon (Alma, Chapter 20, Page 342, Line 18, Word 6)

River Sidon

1. LOC1

river Sidon

1. LOC2, 2. Arc1, 3. Arc2, 4. Arc3, 5. JSP, 6. IRR, 7. WTL, 8. CHL

Sheet 22 verso

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The following page only had it changed in the first paragraph, but two other places were also lowercase on that page. Previous references are lowercase. And see "hill Riplah" also lowercased for consistency on the following page. The 1837 Bom also has lowercase "river Sidon".

River Sidon / river Sidon (Alma, Chapter 20, Page 343, Line 1, Word 11)

River Sidon

1. LOC1

river Sidon

1. LOC2, 2. Arc1, 3. Arc2, 4. Arc3, 5. JSP, 6. IRR, 7. WTL, 8. CHL

Sheet 22 verso

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This was changed twice on this page and on previous page.

River Sidon / river Sidon (Alma, Chapter 20, Page 343, Line 2, Word 8)

River Sidon

1. LOC1

river Sidon

1. LOC2, 2. Arc1, 3. Arc2, 4. Arc3, 5. JSP, 6. IRR, 7. WTL, 8. CHL

Sheet 22 verso

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This was changed twice on this page and on previous page.

lands, and / lands and (Alma, Chapter 20, Page 343, Line 10, Word 3)

lands, and (comma)

1. LOC1

lands and (Remove comma.)

1. LOC2, 2. Arc1, 3. Arc2, 4. Arc3, 5. JSP, 6. IRR, 7. WTL, 8. CHL

Sheet 22 verso

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judges / Judges (Alma, Chapter 21, Page 350, Line 17, Word 3)

judges (not capitalized)

1. LOC1

Judges (capitalized)

1. LOC2, 2. Arc1, 3. Arc2, 4. Arc3, 5. IRR, 6. JSP, 7. WTL, 8. CHL

Sheet 22 verso

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This is inconsistent as other places have it lowercase in similar context, and even later edition had it lowercased here but inconsistent in other places.

armors / armours (Alma, Chapter 21, Page 351, Line 38, Word 2)

armors

1. LOC1

armours

1. LOC2, 2. Arc1, 3. Arc2, 4. Arc3, 5. JSP, 6. IRR, 7. WTL, 8. CHL

Sheet 22 verso

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Makes it consistent with spelling earlier on same page. This is spelled both ways multiple times in 1830 editions. And 1837 had no "u" in "armors" here, but 1837 also had it spelled both ways multiple times.

Amalikiah / Amalickiah (Alma, Chapter 21, Page 352, Line 34)

Amalikiah

(Not found)

Amalickiah

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. WTL, 4. Arc1, 5. Arc2, 6. Arc3, 7. IRR, 8. JSP, 9. CHL

Sheet 22 recto

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Judeah / Judea (Alma, Chapter 26, Page 387, Line 28, Word 8)

Judeah

(Not found)

Judea

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. Arc3, 6. JSP, 7. IRR, 8. WTL, 9. CHL

Sheet 25 verso

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neither does / neither do (Alma, Chapter 26, Page 393, Line 4, Word 7)

neither does

1. JSP

neither do

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. Arc3, 6. IRR, 7. WTL, 8. CHL

Sheet 25 recto

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city; and / city, and (Alma, Chapter 27, Page 394, Line 30, Word 4)

city; and (semicolon)

(Not found)

city, and (comma)

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. Arc3, 6. IRR, 7. JSP, 8. WTL, 9. CHL

Sheet 25 verso

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becaus / because (Alma, Chapter 29, Page 400)

becaus of the faithfulness

1. JSP

because of the faithfulness

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. Arc3, 6. IRR, 7. WTL, 8. CHL

Sheet 25 recto

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You can see this "becaus" is not just missing ink as some other characters (type) around it have justification with word and letter spacing. See "of" how it is adjusted right to "the" and compare with words above "take courage" and word below "to". (Likely the Paharon fix happened at the same time.)

Paharon / Pahoran (Alma, Chapter 29, Page 400)

Paharon

1. JSP

Pahoran

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. Arc3, 6. IRR, 7. WTL, 8. CHL

Sheet 25 recto

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This "Paharon" is spelled that way three times here in JSP but next page: 401 has it spelled "Pahoran" four times.

judges / Judges (Alma, Chapter 29, Page 401, Line 34, Word 8)

judges (lowercase)

(Not found)

Judges (Uppercase)

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. Arc3, 6. JSP, 7. IRR, 8. WTL, 9. CHL

Sheet 26 recto

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Kishkumen and his band, which / Kishkumen, and his band which (Helaman, Chapter 1, Page 408, Line 17, Word 1)

Kishkumen and his band, which (comma)

(Not found)

Kishkumen, and his band which (change comma placement to earlier)

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. Arc3, 6. JSP, 7. IRR, 8. WTL, 9. CHL

Sheet 26 recto

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mor over / moreover (3 Nephi, Chapter 3, Page 426, Line 34, Word 3)

mor over

(Not found)

moreover

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. Arc3, 6. IRR, 7. JSP, 8. CHL, 9. WTL

Sheet 27 verso

Jenson (1973) said this correction had not yet been discovered. This is confusing as that implies that ~70 copies had this missing. I think is just a type problem and not missing type nor ink specific as I found multiple with faint (e.g. JSP) and clear (e.g. IRR) "e", but didn't find any with a missing type there. The type is slightly tilted with "more" and "over" having different tilts. While a printing has a blob (LOC2) of ink there, if there really was a typesetting fix, then likely would have fixed "Samnel" and "bacause" typos on same page at the same time.

Gaddianhi / Giddianhi (3 Nephi, Chapter 2, Page 458, Line 18, Word 8)

Gaddianhi

1. Arc3

Giddianhi

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. JSP, 6. IRR, 7. WTL, 8. CHL

Sheet 29 verso

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them, as / them, As (3 Nephi, Chapter 2, Page 458, Line 31, Word 6)

them, as

1. Arc3

them, As (capitalize As)

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. JSP, 6. IRR, 7. WTL, 8. CHL

Sheet 29 verso

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Capitalize "As" to signal the beginning of spoken words.

48 / 487 (3 Nephi, Chapter 7, Page 487)

48 (page number shows 48)

1. CHL

487

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. Arc3, 6. JSP, 7. IRR, 8. WTL

Sheet 31 verso

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LOC1 and IRR maybe have different typeface for the "7". Notice the missing type has spacing for it. Some of the 7 is missing on top right for LOC1. Likely first typesetting had the "7" and it fell out or broke, and later replaced, so three different versions of this.

break / bread (3 Nephi, Chapter 8, Page 490)

took of the break, and berak

1. Arc1

took of the bread, and berak

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc2, 4. Arc3, 5. JSP, 6. IRR, 7. WTL, 8. CHL

Sheet 31 verso

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Notice the other typo there for "brake". Maybe the typesetter meant to fix "berak" and mistakenly replaced the "bread" to "break" instead. We don't know if there were two changes for same: "bread" to "break" back to "bread", or if it was "bread" to "break", or "break" to "bread" only.

hoops / hoofs (3 Nephi, Chapter 9, Page 497, Line 12, Word 2)

make thy hoops brass

1. Arc1, 2. JSP, 3. IRR, 4. WTL, 5. CHL

make thy hoofs brass

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc2, 4. Arc3

Sheet 32 recto

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which is in my name? / which is my name? (3 Nephi, Chapter 12, Page 507, Line 26, Word 11)

which is in my name?

1. Arc1, 2. JSP, 3. IRR, 4. WTL, 5. CHL

which is my name?

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc2, 4. Arc3

Sheet 32 verso

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maybe / may be (4 Nephi, Chapter 1, Page 514, Line 2, Word 1)

maybe

1. LOC1

may be

1. LOC2, 2. Arc1, 3. Arc2, 4. Arc3, 5. JSP, 6. IRR, 7. WTL, 8. CHL

Sheet 33 verso

rumderers / murderers (Mormon, Chapter 1, Page 521, Line 8, Word 12)

rumderers

1. LOC2, 2. Arc1, 3. Arc2, 4. Arc3, 5. JSP, 6. WTL

murderers

1. LOC1, 2. IRR, 3. CHL

Sheet 33 recto

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brethern / brethren (Ether, Chapter 1, Page 542, Line 9, Word 3)

thy brethern

1. LOC2, 2. Arc1, 3. JSP

thy brethren

1. LOC1, 2. Arc2, 3. Arc3, 4. IRR, 5. WTL, 6. CHL

Sheet 34 verso

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Jenson (1973) said this correction had not yet been discovered.

elder priest / elder or priest (Moroni, Chapter 4, Page 575, Line 18, Word 12)

elder priest

1. Arc1, 2. JSP

elder or priest

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc2, 4. Arc3, 5. IRR, 6. WTL, 7. CHL

Sheet 36 verso

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unto the baptism / unto baptism (Moroni, Chapter 6, Page 576, Line 14, Word 12)

unto the baptism

1. LOC1, 2. Arc1, 3. JSP

unto baptism

1. LOC2, 2. Arc2, 3. Arc3, 4. IRR, 5. WTL, 6. CHL

Sheet 36 recto

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mekness / meekness (Moroni, Chapter 8, Page 582, Line 41, Word 5)

bringeth mekness,

1. IRR, 2. CHL

bringeth meekness,

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. Arc3, 6. JSP, 7. WTL

Sheet 37 verso

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stireth / stirreth (Moroni, Chapter 9, Page 583, Line 26, Word 9)

stireth

1. IRR, 2. CHL

stirreth

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. Arc3, 6. JSP, 7. WTL

Sheet 37 verso

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seeen / seen (Page 589, Line 11, Word 12)

seeen

1. CHL, 2. IRR

seen

1. LOC1, 2. LOC2, 3. Arc1, 4. Arc2, 5. Arc3, 6. JSP, 7. WTL

Sheet 37 recto

Cite: Reed

If you know of any other differences in 1830 editions, please let me know.

There are hundreds of errors that were not fixed in all the scans I found, such as the obvious ones: page 212 is numbered as "122" and typo for "GHAPTER XXVI." (instead of "CHAPTER") on page 382. (Not listing the hundreds here.)

By ordering, it appears that JSP and LOC1 contained more older printings, but after that it is unclear. The binding was done at a different location and there were likely various combinations. Later, I may write an article about the sigature gathering work for the printing and folding of the 1830 edition.

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