Mormons plan to head west...
Item # 709333
February 14, 1846
NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Feb. 14, 1846
* Mormons - Mormonism exodus Westward
* Leaving Nauvoo, Illinois for Salt Lake City, Utah
The back page has an interesting article with a small head: "Mormons" concerning their plan to head West. Bits include: "...announces that they design to send out from thence into the western country, early in March...a company of young men, pioneers, with some families...who are to proceed to some spot near the Rocky Mountains, there halt, make a crop & remain until a final residing place be selected for a location..." with more.
A significant report on their plans which would ultimately take them to the Great Salt Lake area.
Sixteen pages, 8 1/2 by 12 inches. Very good condition.
Background: Witness a stunning primary-source time capsule of the American West with this rare Feb. 14, 1846, edition of Niles’ National Register—printed just as the first wagons were being packed for the epic Mormon Exodus. This isn't just a newspaper; it is a front-row seat to history, featuring a high-stakes report headlined "Mormons" that details the desperate and tactical plan to dispatch a "company of young men, pioneers" into the untamed Rocky Mountains to "make a crop" and pave the way for a new civilization. The text crackles with the tension of the era, capturing the very moment a displaced people pivoted from the ashes of Illinois toward the salt flats of Utah. Preserved in remarkable "Very Good" condition with crisp 8 1/2" x 12" pages, this 180-year-old artifact offers an electrifying connection to the grit, faith, and manifest destiny that defined the 19th-century frontier.
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."
* Mormons - Mormonism exodus Westward
* Leaving Nauvoo, Illinois for Salt Lake City, Utah
The back page has an interesting article with a small head: "Mormons" concerning their plan to head West. Bits include: "...announces that they design to send out from thence into the western country, early in March...a company of young men, pioneers, with some families...who are to proceed to some spot near the Rocky Mountains, there halt, make a crop & remain until a final residing place be selected for a location..." with more.
A significant report on their plans which would ultimately take them to the Great Salt Lake area.
Sixteen pages, 8 1/2 by 12 inches. Very good condition.
Background: Witness a stunning primary-source time capsule of the American West with this rare Feb. 14, 1846, edition of Niles’ National Register—printed just as the first wagons were being packed for the epic Mormon Exodus. This isn't just a newspaper; it is a front-row seat to history, featuring a high-stakes report headlined "Mormons" that details the desperate and tactical plan to dispatch a "company of young men, pioneers" into the untamed Rocky Mountains to "make a crop" and pave the way for a new civilization. The text crackles with the tension of the era, capturing the very moment a displaced people pivoted from the ashes of Illinois toward the salt flats of Utah. Preserved in remarkable "Very Good" condition with crisp 8 1/2" x 12" pages, this 180-year-old artifact offers an electrifying connection to the grit, faith, and manifest destiny that defined the 19th-century frontier.
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."
Category: Pre-Civil War
