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Tullidge, Edward W : The History of Salt Lake City and Its Founders. Incorporating a Brief History of the Pioneers of Utah; With Steel Portraits of Representative Men; Together with a Carefully Arranged Index and an Elaborate Appendix

Edward W. Tullidge, Salt Lake City, UT

Brown 3/4 leather binding with gilt lettering on spine. No date, circa 1886. 7 1/4" x 9 3/4." Pages [i] ii-viii, [1] 4-896, [3] 4-151, complete. Black-and-white plates, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning, the occasional mark, and slight offsetting from the printed text and plates. Covers are very clean and intact overall except for light to moderate wear to extremities and slight rubbing to front, back, and spine. Binding is slightly loosened in back beginning from about Page 809 but is still strong and holding. A Very Good copy. A comprehensive monograph about the history of Salt Lake City, Utah. Main text is about 896 pages. The Appendix is about 151 pages. The following is a sampling of the subjects covered by the main text: westward migration of the Mormons, the Mormon Battalion, the Mormon colony in Salt Lake City, the incorporation of Salt Lake City, the Pioneer Jubilee, the Utah War, Utah's petition for statehood, the Battle of Bear River, the counter petition from Camp Douglas to President Lincoln, trial of the Morrisites, removal of General Harding, the "anti-Mormon crusade," the Utah Liberal Party, passage of the "Women's Suffrage Bill," the Cullom Bill, Mormon polygamy, the "Wooden Gun Rebellion," the State Convention, Judge McKean, Ulysses S. Grant and Brigham Young, and the passing of Brigham Young. Referenced in Flake as no. 9038a.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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