Item Detail
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25953
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English
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The Affair of the "Runaways" : Utah's First Encounter with the Federal Officers : Part 1
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Journal of Mormon History
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Fall 2013
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39
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4
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon History Association
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1-43
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At the end of September 1851, four of the men appointed by Washington to help run the affairs of the Territory of Utah left their posts and charged the local people with misconduct and disloyalty. Historians have been slow to take a serious look at the beginning of the controversy. Who were these men? Why did they choose to leave? Did their charges have merit? How did Mormon leaders respond? The answers to these questions tell a great deal about pioneer Utah-and about Mormon leaders and the men appointed by Washington. These answers open a window to a distant but important past [From the article].
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