Palmyra printer
Egbert B. Grandin
1806–1845
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The Book of Mormon: Origins, Translation, and Witnesses
Palmyra printer
Publisher of the Wayne Sentinel; he refused the job at first, and agreed only after learning a Rochester printer would take it and after Martin Harris put up his farm as security. He printed 5,000 copies for $3,000 between August 1829 and March 1830 and advertised the book for sale in his own newspaper on 26 March 1830.
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Grandin contracts to print; Harris mortgages the farm
Grandin had refused the job, as had Thurlow Weed of Rochester; he agreed once he learned another Rochester printer would take it and once Martin Harris put up security. The contract was for 5,000 copies at $3,000, and on 25 August Harris mortgaged about 151 acres, payable within eighteen months. John H. Gilbert then set nearly all the type on a hand press on the third storey of Exchange Row, sixteen pages to a form, thirty-seven forms between August 1829 and March 1830, supplying the punctuation the manuscript lacked.
The Book of Mormon offered for sale in Palmyrahinge
The Wayne Sentinel advertised the book — 'containing about 600 pages, large Duodecimo' — for sale wholesale and retail at the Palmyra Bookstore. The Church of Christ was organised eleven days later.
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