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| Book of Commandments (Books A, B, C) |
| The following revelations were copied into three volumes known as the
Book of Commandment 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 of Commandments, Law and Covenants,
Book A [1832] (unpaginated) |
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This volume contains nine revelations in the hand of Orson
Hyde and Samuel H. Smith in the following sequence: |
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Articles and Covenants |
By June 9, 1830 |
Orson Hyde |
Minutes
of June 9, 1830 |
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D&C 42:1–73 |
February 9, 1831 |
Orson Hyde |
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D&C 42:74–93 |
February 23, 1831 |
Orson Hyde |
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D&C 50 |
May 9, 1831 |
Orson Hyde |
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D&C 75 |
January 25, 1832 |
Orson Hyde |
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D&C 29 |
September [5–26], 1830 |
Samuel H. Smith |
{30–39} |
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D&C 64 |
September 11, 1831 |
Samuel H. Smith |
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D&C 72 |
December 4, 1831 |
Samuel H. Smith |
There is a Whitmer manuscript and
KRB, 13–15. |
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D&C 59 |
August 7, 1831 |
Samuel H. Smith |
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| Book of Commandments, Law and Covenants,
Book B [1833] (unpaginated) |
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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: |
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Articles and Covenants |
By April 6, 1830 |
A. S. Gilbert |
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D&C 22 |
April 6, 1830 |
A. S. Gilbert |
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D&C 42:1–73 Sources |
February 9, 1831 |
A. S. Gilbert |
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D&C 50 |
May [9] 1831 |
A. S. Gilbert |
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D&C 53 |
June [6], 1831 |
A. S. Gilbert |
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D&C 57 |
July 20, 1831 |
A. S. Gilbert |
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D&C 61 |
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A. S. Gilbert |
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D&C 63 |
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A. S. Gilbert |
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D&C 64 |
September 12, 1831 |
John Whitmer |
Not indicated in Selected collections contents,
but it follows D&C 63. |
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D&C 51 |
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A. S. Gilbert |
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D&C 83 |
April 30, 1832 |
A. S. Gilbert |
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D&C 76 |
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A. S. Gilbert |
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Matthew 24 |
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D&C 88 |
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W. W. Phelps |
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D&C 87 |
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W. W. Phelps |
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D&C 86 |
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W. W. Phelps |
At the end of the revelation,
"copied at Zion 12 June 1833" |
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D&C 89 |
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D&C 88 partial |
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W. W. Phelps |
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D&C 91 |
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W. W. Phelps |
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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 of Commandments,
Law and Covenants, Book C [1834] (unpaginated) |
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This volume contains four revelations in the handwriting of
Orson Hyde and Orson
Pratt: |
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D&C 103 |
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Orson Hyde |
At the end of the revelation, "Copied
by O. Hyde 18 Augt. 1834" |
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D&C 104 Sources |
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Orson Hyde |
At the end of the revelation, "Copied
from the original by O. Hyde"
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Revelation of April 28, 1834 |
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D&C 102 |
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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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