Parowan Stake minutes, 1855.

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Parowan Stake minutes, 1855.

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Photocopy of minutes recorded by James H. Martineau at Parowan, Utah, in 1855, and kept using the Deseret Alphabet. The minutes, kept at Church meetings, record various community issues brought before stake president John Calvin Lazelle Smith (1822-1855), including excommunications and plans for the future of the Parowan Stake. Includes frequent references to George Albert Smith, Brigham Young, and Erastus Snow. The record also includes a brief history of the Mormon Church. Also included is a typescript of the Martineau manuscript made by Joseph Robert Bingham in 1981, with notes on the transcription. (32 pages) Also included are three copies of keys to the Deseret alphabet and two letters regarding the Martineau manuscript from Chad Flake (Curator of Special Collections at Brigham Young University) to Joseph Robert Bingham, dated 1981.

1 photocopy, 12 pages.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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