Moore, John, 1826-1907 to James Kelly

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GLC#
GLC04194.14-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
March 29, 1859
Author/Creator
Moore, John, 1826-1907
Title
to James Kelly
Place Written
Provo, Utah
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 22.9 cm, Width: 17.8 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Discusses his travel to Provo, Utah, on a pleasure excursion, but fear of conflict between the troops stationed there and the Mormons resulted in General Johnson [Johnston?] ordering in 1000 troops and calling Moore to duty. Mentions Bishop Johnson, a polygamist who been "implicated in the murder of the Parishes" but not yet apprehended. Reports that three men were slaughtered within a quarter of a mile of Springville, Utah, on 14 March 1857, and that no inquest was held, nor has there been any attempt to discover the murderer until the present.

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