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Who was the first head of government in the world to receive a copy of the Book of Mormon?

Answer

The first head of a government in the world to receive a copy of the Book of Mormon was Queen Victoria of England. Elder Lorenzo Snow presented the book to her in 1842. It is now in the Royal Library at Windsor.

Source: Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac, p. 474.

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