Item Detail
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MSS SC 596
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Reed Smoot certificate
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West, Caleb W. Utah Governor
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1894
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Printed form with handwritten notations. A certificate appointing Reed Smoot, Latter-day Saint Church leader and later Utah Senator, as director of the Territorial Insane Asylum in Utah. On reverse is an affidavit signed by Smoot swearing to support the U.S. Constitution, especially the acts regarding polygamy.