Letter : Grand River Township, Davis County, Missouri, to Oliver Snow, Geauga County, Ohio 1838 Sep 28.

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Letter : Grand River Township, Davis County, Missouri, to Oliver Snow, Geauga County, Ohio 1838 Sep 28.

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ALS to "Dear Uncle," Oliver Snow regarding his journey with other Mormons from Ohio to Illinois and Missouri, where they joined a Mormon settlement and purchased farmland. Snow describes the beauty and fertility of Missouri, and the local wildlife. He states that reports received in Ohio that the Mormons are starving and are being killed by mobs are unfounded. Address leaf is postmarked Far West, Mo, October 24.

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