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Latter Day Saints -- Persecutions -- Southern States -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

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Willis E. Robison journals

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232481546]
Identifier: MSS 1591
Abstract

Handwritten missionary journals and typescripts. The items describe Robison's experiences while serving in the Southern States Mission of the Mormon Church. In particular the journal relates information about the slaying of John H. Gibbs and William S. Berry, two Mormon missionaries in the mission; the subsequent investigation of the slayings by Robison and his mission president B.H. Roberts; as well as other stories of persecution towards Mormons.

Dates: 1882-1884
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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