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NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Dec. 28, 1844
- Lyman Wight - Mormons - Mormonism
The back page has a report: 'Mormon And Indian Outrage" which mentions in part: "...confirms a rumor...in relation to the fact of Lyman Wright [Wight] and his band of Mormons having a fight at a trading station...Wright's band were offering for the want of provisions...he would not let them disperse over the country to find employment..." with more.
Sixteen pages, 8 1/2 by 12 inches, nice condition.
As noted in Wikipedia, this title: "...(was) one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States...Devoted primarily to politics...considered an important source for the history of the period."
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