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Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Martha Laurence letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489192]
Identifier: MSS 529
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter in pencil. The item was addressed to Martha's uncle, Harison Laurence, of Selma, Illinois, and was postmarked March 28 of an unspecified year. Martha writes about her trip by train to Utah. She gives her impression of seeing Mormon polygamists in a town six miles north of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1875
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Martha Laurence letter

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