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Reflecting upon the recent Dred Scott Decision... On the Mormons leaving Salt Lake City...
Reflecting upon the recent Dred Scott Decision... On the Mormons leaving Salt Lake City...
Item # 700534
July 13, 1857
DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., July 13, 1857 Page 2 begins with nearly 2 full columns taken up with: "The Dred Scott Decision" which is a lengthy speech by Charles Ingersoll of the Conn. Legislature. It is prefaced with: "The several opinions of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the U.S. have been spread before our readers, yet it is probable, from their great length, they have not been carefully read and considered...", hence this speech.
Page 3 has nearly half a column of items: "From The Mormons" which has 4 reports, mostly about: "...a party of sixty Mormons recently arrived at Omaha city, having abandoned Utah. They were loud in their denunciations of the ruling men & expressed a belief that their example would be followed by many others...".
Four pages, large folio size, nice condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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