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Edmunds-Tucker Act 1887 -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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