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Civil Procedure and Courts

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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Petition of residents of Utah

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233286704]
Identifier: Vault MSS 134
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed petition, dated 30 Sept. 1853, and addressed to Franklin Pierce, president of the United States. The item requests that Leonidas Shaver be retained as justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory. The petition is signed by 27 Utahns including Jedediah M. Grant and Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1853 September 20

William I. Appleby subpoena for Wilford Woodruff

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289757]
Identifier: Vault MSS 414
Scope and Contents

Handwritten subpoena dated 19 April 1855. The item was issued under the authority of Judge Leonidas Shaver and was signed by William I. Appleby. Shaver orders seven people be called to testify in the case of Utah Teritory vs. Rufus Ingalls. One of those called was Wilford Woodruff, an apostle in the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1855 April 19