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First pages of First and Second Nephi in the Printer's Manuscript of the Book of Mormon have "first" and "second" inserted above the lines.

Date
Aug 1829 - Jan 1830
Type
Manuscript
Source
Oliver Cowdery
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reprint
Reference

Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, circa August 1829–circa January 1830, p. 1, 46, 363, 410, The Joseph Smith Papers, accessed July 20, 2026

Scribe/Publisher
Oliver Cowdery
People
Joseph Smith, Jr., Oliver Cowdery
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

The ^<first> Book of Nephi

. . .

The ^<second> Book of Nephi

. . .

The Book of Nephi [Third Book of Nephi]

. . .

The Book of Nephi [Fourth Book of Nephi]

Source Link
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/printers-manuscript-of-the-book-of-mormon-circa-august-1829-circa-january-1830/5
BHR Staff Commentary

Words between angled brackets (< >) are inserted above the line. The titles of Third and Fourth Nephi do not have insertions.

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