Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Franklin S. Richards papers
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045326]
Identifier: MSS 1204
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typewritten correspondence and legal papers. The materials relate to Richards' law career in Utah. Some of the materials relate to the Edmunds-Tucker Act of 1887 which sought to make the prosecution of the practice of polygamy enforceable and to Mormon polygamy in general.
Dates:
1878-1891
Lorenzo Snow letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045334]
Identifier: MSS 1205
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter, dated 1 March 1886, and addressed to Franklin S. Richards, a lawyer in Salt Lake City, Utah. Snow thanks Richards for "securing appeal in my three cases to the U. S. Supreme Court and promise of bail." The issue involved was probably a charge of polygamy made against Snow.
Dates:
1886
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Lorenzo Snow letter