on june 26, 1829, the twenty-three-year-old grandin announced in the "wayne sentinel" that he intended to publish the book of mormon, once the translation was complete. oliver cowdery prepared a copy of the book's manuscript, and grandin bought 500 pounds of small pica type for use in the publication. the chief compositor, john h. gilbert, found that the manuscript was "closely written and legible, but not a punctuation mark from beginning to end." gilbert said that he added punctuation and capitalization in the evenings. to print the book, grandin used a smith improved printing press, which had first appeared on the market about 1821 and was the most up-to-date press available to the small printer of the day. the original press used by grandin to print the book of mormon, is currently located in the church history museum in salt lake city, utah.