Item Detail
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22088
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2
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25
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English
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The Sangamo Journal's "Rebecca" and the "Democratic Pets" : Abraham Lincoln's Interaction with Mormonism
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Journal of Mormon History
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Fall 2010
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36
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4
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon History Association
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96-128
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"Reading the Rebecca editorials today supports what Lincoln biographer Roy K. Basler suggests: 'Lincoln took some interest in the Latter-day Saints while they were in Illinois, but regarded them more with humor than serious concern.' Lincoln's political career from 1838 to 1860 was centered in Springfield, Illinois, about 120 miles southeast of Nauvoo. As a lawyer, member of the Illinois State Legislature, and finally as the cheif executive of the nation, Lincoln filled key positions which inherently involved interaction with LDS Church leaders. Lincoln's attitude of restraint and even unconcern toward the Mormons became important in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the Civil War when he was U.S. Presidents. Such an attitude may have been because of his association s with Mormons during his early political career." [From author's introduction]
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