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Moore, John, 1826-1907 to Mary Kelly

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04194.12 Author/Creator: Moore, John, 1826-1907 Place Written: Utah County, Utah Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 24, 1859 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 22.9 cm, Width: 17.8 cm Order a Copy

Moore comments on local places of leisure: the theater is drawing full houses, and there are two billiard saloons and fifteen or twenty gambling houses. Mentions that "knives and pistols are freely used," and that the town helps advance surgical knowledge. Written at Camp Floyd.

Moore, John, 1826-1907
Kelly, Mary Moore, 1819-1899

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