1. Joseph and Oliver had selected, from among the written revelations given to Joseph thus far, a corpus to be published under the name "Book of Commandments, for the government of the Church of Christ, organized according to the law on the 6th of April, 1830." Oliver copied the manuscripts and was assigned by revelation, with John Whitmer, to deliver these copies to the church printing establishment in Independence, MO. Ten thousand copies were to be run initially but this was reduced to 3,000. However, a mob of disgruntled locals in Independence, destroyed the press while printing was in progress. Some of the raw sheets were saved from the ensuing fire, but not all the intended revelations had been set. Roughly enough sheets to make 100 sets of 65 revelations were saved. The texts of these copies contained minor variations resulting from type corrections made during the printing process. About 40 copies survive today and may trade on the collectors market for as much as a half-million dollars.