185 years ago today - Mar 3, 1832

Hyrum sells six copies of the Book of Mormon to a peddler and receives as pay ten yards of calico, some cotton cloth, four tin pans, some other tins, and a six-pound cheese. The normal price was eight books for $10, or two books for $2. 50.

[Source: Conkling, Christopher J., Joseph Smith Chronology]

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