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Black Hawk War (Utah), 1865-1872

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Grant N. Mildenhall letter and newspaper clippings

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323583]
Identifier: MSS SC 2385
Scope and Contents Photocopies of a typewritten letter, photographs, and newspaper clippings. The clippings were taken from the 1877 editions of Salt Lake Tribune newspaper. Mildenhall writes to "Duane" arguing that the whites killed during Utah's Black Hawk War (1865-68) and during other Indian uprisings in Utah were not killed by Indians but by Freemasons and Mormons. Mildenhall says that these and many other killings in Mormon and Utah history were done according to the Mormon doctrine of Blood...
Dates: 1877-1993
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Grant N. Mildenhall letter and newspaper clippings

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