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Subject Source: Lcnaf

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Perrin Bliss letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321132]
Identifier: MSS SC 2222
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letters written from Chicago, Illinois and addressed to "Brother and Sister" Samuel and Eunice Moore, Mormons living in Utah. Bliss writes about family matters, the weather, the state and national economies, slavery, and Mormon polygamy. Bliss states that the Mormons should not practice slavery and that polygamy will not work.

Dates: 1857-1860
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Perrin Bliss letters

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