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Presidents -- United States -- Correspondence

 Subject
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Petition of residents of Utah

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233286704]
Identifier: Vault MSS 134
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed petition, dated 30 Sept. 1853, and addressed to Franklin Pierce, president of the United States. The item requests that Leonidas Shaver be retained as justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory. The petition is signed by 27 Utahns including Jedediah M. Grant and Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1853 September 20
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Petition of residents of Utah

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