{"id":157,"date":"2014-11-11T22:34:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T06:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/family.riggslaw.org\/blog\/?p=157"},"modified":"2015-08-01T21:17:15","modified_gmt":"2015-08-02T04:17:15","slug":"sophies-baptism-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/family.riggslaw.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/11\/sophies-baptism-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie’s baptism – Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, Ginger drove us and her children to Hanover, New Hampshire, the home of Dartmouth College. It was wet from a light rain. Local parking was scarce, but we eventually found a vacant metered spot that allowed us enough time for lunch and our quest.<\/p>\n

\"Rauner<\/a>

Rauner Library at Dartmouth<\/p><\/div>\n

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Our goal was to see the first edition Book of Mormon there.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The library with the first edition Book of Mormon<\/p><\/div>\n

We entered, kids and all, and the kind librarian set us up to examine the book in the main reading room.<\/p>\n

\"Rauner<\/a>

Rauner Library reading room<\/p><\/div>\n

Here it is:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The friendly librarian and the Book<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"First<\/a>

First edition, 1830<\/p><\/div>\n

\"First<\/a>

First edition cover<\/p><\/div>\n

We made a serious examination of the Book.<\/p>\n

\"Examination<\/a>

Examination of the Book of Mormon<\/p><\/div>\n

I also found interesting this first edition of the college literary journal:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Dartmouth, first edition<\/p><\/div>\n

Concluding our examination, in the square fronting the library, we passed the construction of the structure that would underlie the annual Dartmouth bonfire that weekend.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The bonfire structure<\/p><\/div>\n

We didn’t return for the bonfire. But it’s worth seeing:<\/p>\n