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Published from November 1854 to December 1855, the St. Louis Luminary was started by Apostle Erastus Snow, the Latter-day Saint leader over the region. The newspaper maintained contact among the me...
Published from November 1854 to December 1855, the St. Louis Luminary was started by Apostle Erastus Snow, the Latter-day Saint leader over the region. The newspaper maintained contact among the members, helped emigrating Saints stay focused on their ultimate destination in the West, and played a significant role in the national discussion of polygamy.
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- Creator
- edited by Susan Easton Black
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- Books
- Language
- English
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- Provo, Utah : BYU Studies ; Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2011]
- ©2011
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- 186 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm + 1 dvd-rom (4 3/4 in.)
- ISBNs
- 9780842527521, 0842527524
- OCLC
- ocn495778685
- "Includes a searchable DVD-ROM of all 52 issues."
- Includes bibliographic references.
- St. Louis Luminary: the Latter-day Saint experience at the Mississippi, 1854-1855 -- General epistle of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Counsel from Brigham Young and the First Presidency -- Minutes of church conferences held at St. Louis, Missouri (November 4, 1854-October 6-8, 1855) -- Counsel from the leadership of the St. Louis Stake -- Defense of plural marriage -- Prospect of a Mormon war -- Poetry -- Letters from the mission field -- Westward bound emigrants -- Marriages -- Deaths -- Words of wisdom -- Humor