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Moore, John, 1826-1907 to Mary [Kelly]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04194.25 Author/Creator: Moore, John, 1826-1907 Place Written: Utah County, Utah Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 November 1859 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy

Reports that Judge Eckles and General Johnston had affidavits showing that the Mormons had purchased artillery pieces and placed them in Salt Lake City. Comments that he had dinner with the governor and declined an invitation from the governor's wife to meet Mormon women, as he considers them no better than "professional women in a bawdy house." Written at Camp Floyd.

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

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