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Book of Commandments, Laws and Covenants, Books A, B, C
The following revelations were copied into three unpaginated volumes known as the Book of Commandments, Laws and Covenants, Books A, B, and C. See Earl E. Olsen's "The Chronology of the Ohio Revelations," BYU Studies 11, no. 4 (Summer 1971): 329–349.
Book A [1832]
  This volume contains nine revelations in the hand of Orson Hyde and Samuel H. Smith in the following sequence:
  Articles and Covenants (D&C 20) April 10, 1830 Orson Hyde Minutes of June 9, 1830
  D&C 42:1–73 February 9, 1831 Orson Hyde  
  D&C 42:74–93 February 23, 1831 Orson Hyde  
  D&C 50 May 9, 1831 Orson Hyde  
  D&C 75 January 25, 1832 Orson Hyde  
  D&C 29 September [5–26], 1830 Samuel H. Smith {30–39}
  D&C 64 September 11, 1831 Samuel H. Smith  
  D&C 72 December 4, 1831 Samuel H. Smith There is a Whitmer manuscript and KRB, 13–15.
  D&C 59 August 7, 1831 Samuel H. Smith  
Book Book B [1833]
  This volume contains seventeen revelations. A typed note in the book states, "This record was received in the Historian's Office from Mrs. Abram Hollingshead, Lyman, Wyoming, and came from a collection of James Henry Rollins." The note includes a typed table of contents lists the revelations with handwritten notes identifying which revelations are in the hands of A. S. Gilbert, John Whitmer, and W. W. Phelps as the scribes. Selected Collections identifies only the hand of Sidney Gilbert for this volume and mis-identifies the second revelation as Section 42. It is Section 22. The revelations occur in the following sequence:
Articles and Covenants By April 6, 1830 A. S. Gilbert
  D&C 22 April 6, 1830 A. S. Gilbert  
D&C 42:1–73 Sources February 9, 1831 A. S. Gilbert  
D&C 50 May [9] 1831 A. S. Gilbert
D&C 53 June [6], 1831 A. S. Gilbert
D&C 57 July 20, 1831 A. S. Gilbert
D&C 61   A. S. Gilbert
D&C 63   A. S. Gilbert
  D&C 64 September 12, 1831 John Whitmer Not listed in Selected collections table of contents, but it follows D&C 63.
D&C 51   A. S. Gilbert
D&C 83 April 30, 1832 A. S. Gilbert
D&C 76   A. S. Gilbert
Matthew 24    
D&C 88   W. W. Phelps
D&C 87   W. W. Phelps
D&C 86 W. W. Phelps At the end of the revelation, "copied at Zion 12 June 1833"
D&C 89
D&C 88 partial W. W. Phelps
D&C 91 W. W. Phelps
Of the sixteen revelations recorded in Book B, 11 are in the hand of Sidney Gilbert (Sections 20, 22, 42:1–72, 50, 53, 57, 61, 63, 51, 83, 76. The remaining sections, 88, 87, 86, 69, 88:3 notes, and 91 are in the hand of W. W. Phelps. This according to the typed list of contents with handwritten that identify the handwriting placed inside the cover.
Book C [1834]
This volume contains four revelations in the handwriting of Orson Hyde and Orson Pratt:
D&C 103 Orson Hyde At the end of the revelation, "Copied by O. Hyde 18 Augt. 1834"
D&C 104 Sources Orson Hyde At the end of the revelation, "Copied from the original by O. Hyde"
Revelation of April 28, 1834
D&C 102 At the end of the revelation, signatures of Orson Hyde and Oliver Cowdery, followed by "Carefully examined 27 Augt 183[4] and Recorded on the Book of Rev. by O. Hyde" The part of the page that should have the number 4 is broken away.

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