Removing Mormon's from the state...
Item # 709350
November 01, 1845
NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov. 1, 1845
* Early Mormons - Mormonism
* Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois
Inside has an address to the anti-Mormon citizens of Hancock (Ill.), submitting copies of a correspondence between a group of citizens and the "twelve" at Nauvoo.
This discusses the removal of the Mormons from the state, including: "...The history of their church has shown that wherever the leaders go, the members will follow. This is part of their religious duties. When, therefore, this colony shall have started, for a home west of the Rocky Mountains...". Hereafter are the two letters addressed to the President & Council of the church at Nauvoo.
Sixteen pages, 8 1/2 by 12 inches, nice condition.
background: This specific entry in Niles’ National Register serves as a primary legal and social record of the "treaty" that effectively ended the Mormon presence in Illinois, documenting the precise moment when the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles formally surrendered their position in Nauvoo. By publishing the correspondence between the anti-Mormon committee and church leadership, the Register captured the forced pragmatism of Brigham Young and his associates, who agreed to a mass migration to avoid total annihilation. The text is particularly revealing for its clinical assessment of Mormon devotion; the observation that the laity would follow their leaders anywhere "as part of their religious duties" highlights the contemporary perception of the church as a disciplined, monolithic entity that could only be managed through its hierarchy. Ultimately, this document acts as the official prologue to the Mormon Pioneer Trek, marking the transition of the movement from a domestic political nuisance in the eyes of the State to a self-sovereign expedition toward the Mexican-controlled Great Basin.
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."
* Early Mormons - Mormonism
* Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois
Inside has an address to the anti-Mormon citizens of Hancock (Ill.), submitting copies of a correspondence between a group of citizens and the "twelve" at Nauvoo.
This discusses the removal of the Mormons from the state, including: "...The history of their church has shown that wherever the leaders go, the members will follow. This is part of their religious duties. When, therefore, this colony shall have started, for a home west of the Rocky Mountains...". Hereafter are the two letters addressed to the President & Council of the church at Nauvoo.
Sixteen pages, 8 1/2 by 12 inches, nice condition.
background: This specific entry in Niles’ National Register serves as a primary legal and social record of the "treaty" that effectively ended the Mormon presence in Illinois, documenting the precise moment when the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles formally surrendered their position in Nauvoo. By publishing the correspondence between the anti-Mormon committee and church leadership, the Register captured the forced pragmatism of Brigham Young and his associates, who agreed to a mass migration to avoid total annihilation. The text is particularly revealing for its clinical assessment of Mormon devotion; the observation that the laity would follow their leaders anywhere "as part of their religious duties" highlights the contemporary perception of the church as a disciplined, monolithic entity that could only be managed through its hierarchy. Ultimately, this document acts as the official prologue to the Mormon Pioneer Trek, marking the transition of the movement from a domestic political nuisance in the eyes of the State to a self-sovereign expedition toward the Mexican-controlled Great Basin.
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
