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| − | [[E B Grandin|E(gbert) B(ratt) Grandin]] was born in [[1806]] and died in [[1845]]. Grandin started in the printing industry when he was only eighteen years of age, at the Wayne Sentinel, a weekly newspaper in Palmyra.
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| − | In June of [[1829]] [[Joseph Smith]] took a few manuscript pages of the [[Book of Mormon]] to Grandin to estimate a quote. Grandin and his associates were dubious at first on printing this story from a "[[Gold plates|golden Bible]]". Joseph Smith then took the manuscript pages to Thurlow Weed, a fellow printer, but flatly turned him down, saying he did not believe Joseph Smith's translation account.
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| − | The manuscript was finally returned to Grandin, who agree to publish the account. On August 17 1829 the agreement was made to publish five thousand copies for three thousand dollars.
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