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Petitions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Erastus Bingham pension application

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307628]
Identifier: MSS SC 972
Scope and Contents

Holograph application to the US Department of the Interior by Erastus Bingham regarding the pension due him as guardian of his grandson, Elijah N. Freeman Jr. Freeman's father, Elijah N. Freeman Sr., died while serving in the "Mormon Battalion" on 20 Nov. 1846 during the war with Mexico.

Dates: 1859
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Erastus Bingham pension application

Petition

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230232594]
Identifier: MSS SC 12
Scope and Contents

Typed petition presented to Governor William Spry of Utah concerning a monument to be built in honor of the Mormon Battalion.

Dates: 1915
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Petition

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