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Murder -- Utah -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Collection on Mark Hofmann

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1571
Scope and Contents

Collection contains articles, clippings, transcripts, biographical materials, and other materials on the Mark Hofmann case. Includes information on Hofmann's forgeries, as well as the murder case. Materials date from between 1978 and 2005.

Dates: 1978-2005
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection on Mark Hofmann

Frederick Hopt letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233286811]
Identifier: Vault MSS 146
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated June 9, 1884, and addressed to Arthur L. Thomas, acting governor of Utah. Hopt asks that his request for an appeal to the Supreme Court be granted.

Dates: 1884 June 9
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Frederick Hopt letter

Indictment against Thomas H. Ferguson

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292058]
Identifier: Vault MSS 540
Scope and Contents

Handwritten indictment for the Territory of Utah, Great Salt Lake County, United States Third District Court. The inditement was made against Thomas H. Ferguson for the Sept. 1859 murder of Alexander Carpenter. The item was signed by Hosea Stout, Deputy U. S. District Attorney for Utah Territory.

Dates: 1859
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Indictment against Thomas H. Ferguson

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