Music book and a postcard.

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Music book and a postcard.

Handwritten entries in a music book. The item contains what seems to be various bugle calls used by "Lt. Phil Margetts" in 1853 probably with the Utah Militia. Also included is a postcard from Elbert Duncan Thomas to Margetts. The item was sent from Japan and wishes Margetts a happy birthday.

2 items (15 pages).

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SNAC Resource ID: 6759337

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Utah. Militia

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Unknown. From the guide to the Rufus C. Allen commission, 1854, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Militia organization in Utah also called the Nauvoo Legion. From the description of Certificate of appointment, 1851. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84644517 The territorial militia of Utah (est. 1852) was a peace-keeping force under the direction of the territorial governor. The militia originally enlisted men from the earlier Mormon Battalion and Nauvoo L...

Thomas, Elbert Duncan, 1883-1953

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Elbert Duncan Thomas was born 17 June 1883. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1906 and then the University of California at Berkeley in 1924. He served in the Utah National Guard, was a professor of political science at the University of Utah from 1924 to 1933, and was elected to the United States Senate in 1932. He was reelected in 1938 and 1944, serving until 1950. He was involved with various committees and was appointed high commissioner of the United States trust territories of th...

Margetts, Phillip, 1829-1914

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Phillip (Philip) Nephi Margetts was born on February 10, 1829, in Warwickshire, England, where he worked as a mechanic and engine driver. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1841 and traveled to Salt Lake City in 1850. Later that year he joined the Nauvoo Brass Band, whose members organized Utah's first dramatic company, the Deseret Dramatic Association. Margetts, who became one of the Utah's most renowned comedic actors, later formed his own acting company, t...