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Council Bluffs (Iowa) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Reuben Miller letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231564383]
Identifier: MSS 672
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and initialed letter addressed to Henry Sabey of Mt. Knickerbocker, Illinois, and dated 16 Nov. 1848. Miller writes concerning conditions of the Mormons at Council Bluffs, Iowa, what they have heard about the Salt Lake Valley of Utah, and describes the baptism of Oliver Cowdery, an early leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who had been cut off years earlier.

Dates: 1848 November 16
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Reuben Miller letter

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