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Rare reference to the 'Mormon Battalion' during the Mexican War... The slave trade... The Oregon Treaty with England...
Rare reference to the 'Mormon Battalion' during the Mexican War... The slave trade... The Oregon Treaty with England...
Item # 688634
August 15, 1846
NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Aug. 15, 1846
* Mormons Battalion - Mormonism
* Only U.S. military religious unit ever
* Mexican-American War
The top of the back page has a very notable report: "Mormon Volunteers" being a brief item noting: "Capt...Allen has reached Fort Leavenworth with 500 Mormon volunteer infantry. They proceed forthwith to join Gen. Kearney in his expedition against Santa Fe."
This is a very rare report on the 'Mormon Battalion', which was the only religious unit in U.S. military history in federal service recruited solely from one religious body & having a religious title as the unit designation. They served from July, 1846 to July, 1847 during the Mexican War.
Also on the back page: "The Slave Trade" notes in part from Liberia: "...the slave trade about here is breathing its last gasp...British cruisers shaver so closely invested these dens of blood and death that the slavers at the Galenas have given their slaves to the natives...".
Inside has much in: "The Oregon Treaty" with England, which includes: "A Proclamation" concerning it signed in type by the President: James K. Polk. Another page has the: "Message" signed: James K. Polk concerning the treaty with England.
Sixteen pages, 8 3/4 by 12 inches, foxing at front page folds, minor spine wear, generally good 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."
Category: Pre-Civil War
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