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The Mormons are taking to farming...
The Mormons are taking to farming...
Item # 691654
June 14, 1847
DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., June 14, 1847 Page 3 has a few items on the Mexican War including: "Reinforcements for the Army Under Gen. Scott"; a letter from "Damp Near Monterey" signed in type: Z. Taylor; "From the Western Border".
This last item includes: "The Mormons are represented to have gone into farming on a large scale at the Bluffs. They have erected a substantial grist mill on the west side of the river, and keep it employed in grinding grain...The greater part of them are said to be very destitute, being devoid of almost all of the necessaries of life...".
Four pages, very nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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