Item Detail
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MSS 1339
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Robert Filmore Letter
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Filmore, Robert
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1844
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Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter, dated July 6, 1844, and composed in Warren County, Illinois. Filmore writes to "dear children" and tells them about the murder of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith, and his brother Hyrum. He also speaks about the Mormon temple in Nauvoo, Illinois.