Book of Mormon Census

Record Date	04/01/2025
Collection Name	1830 Palmyra
Ownership Type	Archived Display
Owner	Jackson County Historical Society
Location	Independence, MO
Description	1830 Book of Mormon, Jackson County Historical Society
Provenance	Received by way of The Groves, a long term care facility in the area. Bookplate sticker listing: Ex Libris Frederick C. Narr M.D Internal notes state received around 1960 and associated with David Whitmer, it’s unclear if this references the original David Whitmer or Whitmer family.
Unique Features	Spine: Leather with gilded ribbing visible. Vertical cracking throughout. Small piece missing from top edge. Spine Lettering and Label: Black title ribbon present. Small font format. Gilded letters present. Cover: Leather with various marbling and wear markings. Identifiable diagonal crease near top right corner. Binding: Cover boards warping at top, starting to separate from spine on top edge. Front pastedown listing book plate sticker with “page 507” in center in pencil. Notes in upper left corner listing first edition with date of May 2 (or 9?) 1937. Title Page: present in tact. Triangular curved cockling lower left and upper right corner. Water stain in gutter lower part of the page. Text: No recorded details Inscription: None recorded Notes: On display showing open page 270-271. Last word on page 270, hyphenated to top of page 271: “hav-gn”. Page 271 line 23 “therfore”