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Mormon Church archive of 72 letters & documents re: church court proceedings [decimalized]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05756 Author/Creator: Place Written: North Odgen, Utah Type: Header Record Date: 1878-1899 Pagination: 156 items Order a Copy

156 letters and documents plus 14 bound notebooks containing minutes of the high council meetings of Weber Stake, North Ogden, Utah. Regarding Mormons tried for apostasy, attending a house of ill fame; criticizing Brigham Young and Joseph Smith and tithing; quarrels with a bishop, etc. [14 notebooks separated 11/97 for conservation as .02]

Bound manuscript housed in Primary: Range 3A, Shelf 1-7.

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Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844

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