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Contains 1 Result:

William Morgan certificate

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Identifier: MSS SC 1045
Scope and Contents

Account certifying that Joseph Smith, Caleb Baldwin, and Lyman Wight escaped from Morgan "without the common concent or negligence of myself or gard" on April 16, 1839. The item was written on July 6, 1839. Morgan and others were escorting the prisoners to Boone County to be tried for various crimes.

Dates: 1839
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Morgan certificate

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