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Governor Ford on the Mormon situation... Much on California and the West...
Governor Ford on the Mormon situation... Much on California and the West...
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November 14, 1846
NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov. 14, 1846 Pages 3 and 4 has some fine content concerning the Mormon situation at the time. Page 3 has a: "Proclamation by the Governor Of Illinois" datelined at Nauvoo which takes over a full column. A few bits include: "...I came with a settled determination not to meddle or interfere with the old difficulties between the Mormons and Anti-Mormons...the Mormons, that they were determined to leave the county & the state also, as soon as possible; but the old citizens thought otherwise & therefore drove them off..." and much more.
Included also is a lengthy letter signed by Thomas Ford, governor of Illinois & a harsh critic of the Mormons.
Inside has over a full page taken up with details on the: "Operations of Captain Fremont In Upper California". Then over a full page on: "Gen. Kearney and the Army Of The West". The back page has an article: "Santa Fe" concerning General Kearney and New Mexico.
Sixteen pages, 8 3/4 by 11 3/4 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."
Category: Pre-Civil War