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Utah and the Mormons: The History, Government, Doctrines, Custom, and Prospects of the Latter-Day Saints. From Personal Observation during a Six Months' Residence at Great Salt Lake City
de Ferris, Benjamin G
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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New York: Harper and Brothers, 1854. First Edition. 347pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Original green cloth with the title and bands gilt on backstrip and decorative blind stamping to boards. Better than very good. Backstrip gently faded. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Benjamin Ferris (1802-1891) served in the (federally installed) Utah Territorial government in 1852-53. "In the early part of the summer of 1852 I was solicited to discharge the duties of Secretary of the Territory of Utah. A Curiosity, long cherished, to visit a portion of the world about which many marvelous accounts had been given, induced me to accept the vacant post. The result has been a six months residence in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, embracing the severe winter of 1852-3." - from the Preface. Flake/Draper 3328. Wagner/Camp 238a. Howes F98.
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- Librería
- Tschanz Rare Books
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- Título
- Utah and the Mormons: The History, Government, Doctrines, Custom, and Prospects of the Latter-Day Saints. From Personal Observation during a Six Months' Residence at Great Salt Lake City
- Autor
- Ferris, Benjamin G
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Harper and Brothers
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1854
- Palabras clave
- Utah Mormon LDS Brigham Young
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