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Book Same Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth Century Americans

Download or read book Same Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth Century Americans written by D. Michael Quinn and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2001-06-15 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Herbert Feis Award from the American Historical Association and named one of the best religion books of the year by Publishers Weekly, D. Michael Quinn's Same-Sex Dynamics among Nineteenth-Century Americans has elicited critical acclaim as well as controversy. Using Mormonism as a case study of the extent of early America's acceptance of same-sex intimacy, Quinn examines several examples of long-term relationships among Mormon same-sex couples and the environment in which they flourished before the onset of homophobia in the late 1950s.

Book Catalogue of the California State Library

Download or read book Catalogue of the California State Library written by California State Library and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 1190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mountain Meadows Massacre

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard E. Turley
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Release : 2017-06-22
  • ISBN : 0806158964
  • Pages : 535 pages

Download or read book Mountain Meadows Massacre written by Richard E. Turley and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2017-06-22 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 11, 1857, a group of Mormons aided by Paiute Indians brutally murdered some 120 men, women, and children traveling through a remote region of southwestern Utah. Within weeks, news of the atrocity spread across the United States. But it took until 1874—seventeen years later—before a grand jury finally issued indictments against nine of the perpetrators. Mountain Meadows Massacre chronicles the prolonged legal battle to gain justice for the victims. The editors of this two-volume collection of documents have combed public and private manuscript collections from across the United States to reconstruct the complex legal proceedings that occurred in the massacre’s aftermath. This exhaustively researched compilation covers a nearly forty-year history of investigation and prosecution—from the first reports of the massacre to the dismissal of the last indictment in 1896. Of special importance in Volume 2 are the transcripts of legal proceedings against John D. Lee—many of which the editors have transcribed anew from the shorthand. The two trials against Lee led to his confession, conviction, and ultimately his execution on the massacre site in 1877, all documented in this volume. Historians have long debated the circumstances surrounding the Mountain Meadows Massacre, one of the most disturbing and controversial events in American history, and painful questions linger to this day. This invaluable, exhaustively researched collection allows readers the opportunity to form their own conclusions about the forces behind this dark moment in western U.S. history.

Book Your Sister in the Gospel

    Book Details:
  • Author : Quincy D. Newell
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2019-04-05
  • ISBN : 0199338671
  • Pages : 224 pages

Download or read book Your Sister in the Gospel written by Quincy D. Newell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dear Brother," Jane Manning James wrote to Joseph F. Smith in 1903, "I take this opportunity of writing to ask you if I can get my endowments and also finish the work I have begun for my dead.... Your sister in the Gospel, Jane E. James." A faithful Latter-day Saint since her conversion sixty years earlier, James had made this request several times before, to no avail, and this time she would be just as unsuccessful, even though most Latter-day Saints were allowed to participate in the endowment ritual in the temple as a matter of course. James, unlike most Mormons, was black. For that reason, she was barred from performing the temple rituals that Latter-day Saints believe are necessary to reach the highest degrees of glory after death. A free black woman from Connecticut, James positioned herself at the center of LDS history with uncanny precision. After her conversion, she traveled with her family and other converts from the region to Nauvoo, Illinois, where the LDS church was then based. There, she took a job as a servant in the home of Joseph Smith, the founder and first prophet of the LDS church. When Smith was killed in 1844, Jane found employment as a servant in Brigham Young's home. These positions placed Jane in proximity to Mormonism's most powerful figures, but did not protect her from the church's racially discriminatory policies. Nevertheless, she remained a faithful member until her death in 1908. Your Sister in the Gospel is the first scholarly biography of Jane Manning James or, for that matter, any black Mormon. Quincy D. Newell chronicles the life of this remarkable yet largely unknown figure and reveals why James's story changes our understanding of American history.

Book City Directories of the United States  1860 1901

Download or read book City Directories of the United States 1860 1901 written by and published by Primary Source Microfilm. This book was released on 1983 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The guide provides Research Publications' fiche and reel numbers, with their contents, for City directories of the United States in microform; segment 1 (pre 1860), segment 2 (1861-1881) and segment 3 (1882-1901).

Book A Mormon Bibliography  1830 1930  N Z

Download or read book A Mormon Bibliography 1830 1930 N Z written by Chad J. Flake and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Utah Gazatteer and Directory of Logan  Ogden  Provo and Salt Lake Cities  for 1884

Download or read book Utah Gazatteer and Directory of Logan Ogden Provo and Salt Lake Cities for 1884 written by Robert W. Sloan and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The National Union Catalog  Pre 1956 Imprints

Download or read book The National Union Catalog Pre 1956 Imprints written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Finding Lists of the Chicago Public Library

Download or read book Finding Lists of the Chicago Public Library written by Chicago Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Geography and Travels

Download or read book Geography and Travels written by Chicago Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901  Place index

Download or read book Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901 Place index written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901  Main part

Download or read book Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901 Main part written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Utah Directory and Gazetteer for 1879 80

Download or read book Utah Directory and Gazetteer for 1879 80 written by Henry L. A. Culmer and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Genealogical Journal

Download or read book Genealogical Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Before the Manifesto

Download or read book Before the Manifesto written by Mary Lois Walker Morris and published by Life Writings Frontier Women. This book was released on 2007-01-20 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Lois Walker Morris was a Mormon woman who challenged both American ideas about marriage and the U.S. legal system. Before the Manifesto provides a glimpse into her world as the polygamous wife of a prominent Salt Lake City businessman, during a time of great transition in Utah. This account of her life as a convert, milliner, active community member, mother, and wife begins in England, where her family joined the Mormon church, details her journey across the plains, and describes life in Utah in the 1880s. Her experiences were unusual as, following her first husband's deathbed request, she married his brother, as a plural wife, in the Old Testament tradition of levirate marriage. Mary Morris's memoir frames her 1879 to 1887 diary with both reflections on earlier years and passages that parallel entries in the day book, giving readers a better understanding of how she retrospectively saw her life. The thoroughly annotated diary offers the daily experience of a woman who kept a largely self-sufficient household, had a wide social network, ran her own business, wrote poetry, and was intellectually curious. The years of "the Raid" (federal prosecution of polygamists) led Mary and Elias Morris to hide their marriage on "the underground," and her to perjury in court during Elias's trial for unlawful cohabitation. The book ends with Mary Lois's arrival at the Salt Lake Depot after three years in exile in Mexico with a polygamist colony.