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News of the death of Mormon leader Joseph Smith...
News of the death of Mormon leader Joseph Smith...
Item # 708095
July 20, 1844
NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, July 20, 1844 Page 5 contains a brief yet significant report reading in its entirety: "The Mormon National (Presidential) Convention, which met at Baltimore on the 13th inst. assembled in a gloomy spirit, the delegates having just received intelligence of the murder of the man they all contemplated to have named as their candidate for the presidency. They met and resolved to adjourn sine die."
Also within is an article headed: "The Mormon War" which takes over half of one page and two-thirds of the following page, and includes the "Governor's Proclamation" which notes: "...the Smiths, Joseph and Hyram, have been assassinated in jail; by whom it is not known..." with much more. And the back page has a brief item: "The Mormons & their assailants are standing arms in hand. What a humiliating spectacle the accounts we insert afford?"
A great issue with significant Mormon content.
Sixteen pages, 8 1/2 by 11 3/4 inches, great 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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