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Newspaper [Deseret news; Vols. 2, 3, 4].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05233 Author/Creator: Newspaper Place Written: Great Salt Lake City, Utah Type: Newspaper Date: 1851-1855 Pagination: Order a Copy

Official publishing organ of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons), and the only newspaper in the Utah Territory until after the Civil War. Contents include official announcements and information on the Church. Published in Great Salt Lake City, Utah, except 5 May-1 September 1858, when it was published in Fillmore City, Utah. Lacks the extra issue on polygamy.

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