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1856 Mormons Latter-Day Saints Mormonism Gold Rush Utah
1856 Mormons Latter-Day Saints Mormonism Gold Rush Utah
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1856 Mormons Latter-Day Saints Mormonism Gold Rush Utah Missouri WARS Polygamy



“My aim is not to shoot folly as it flies, but to let folly tire on its own pinions”

– J.W. Gunnison, The Mormons; preface



A fine 1856 edition of Liet. John W. Gunnisons “The Mormons”. This pre-Civil War-era book covers the rise and social progression of the Mormons, their expedition toward Utah, and Gunnisons own observations of their explorations. Important contents include:

Priests as civil officers

Origins of Mormonism

Expectations of the Catholic church absorbing the Protestant

Mormon deity, genealogy of gods, progression of man into Gods

many wife systems

Gold rush emigrants

On profanity

Selection of Jackson County, Missouri as Zion

Wars in Missouri over Mormonism

Election of Brigham Young

Miracles, Slavery, Indian Wars, and self-government



Item number: #16601

Price: $499



GUNNISON, J.W.



The Mormons, or, Latter-day saints, in the valley of the Great salt lake : a history of their rise and progress, peculiar doctrines, present condition, and prospects, derived from personal observation: during a residence among them



Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1856.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

ix, 168, 48

References: Sabin 29285; Howes G 463; Wagner-Camp 213; Flake/Draper 3750

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure

Tan cloth

Size: ~7.5in X 4.75in (19cm x 12.5cm)



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