Petition of residents of Utah, 1853.

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Petition of residents of Utah, 1853.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122536670

Handwritten and signed petition, dated 30 Sept. 1853, and addressed to Franklin Pierce, president of the United States. The item requests that Leonidas Shaver be retained as justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory. The petition is signed by 27 Utahns including Jedediah M. Grant and Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church.

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Grant, Jedediah M.

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Apostle in the Mormon Church, militia general, and Utah politician. From the description of Letter, 1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122638056 From the guide to the Jedediah M. Grant letter, 1853, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Shaver, Leonidas.

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Young, Brigham, 1801-1877

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Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

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Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) was the 14th President of the United States (1853-1857). Prior to his presidency he served in both the House of Representatives (1833-1837) and the Senate (1837-1842) as a legislator from New Hampshire. Although a Northerner, he sympathized with the Southern cause during the American Civil War and was good friends with Jefferson Davis....