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English
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“My Indignation Has Got the Better of My Intention”: A Case Study in Latter-day Saint and “Gentile” Female Family Correspondence in Nineteenth-Century America
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Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought
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Summer 2023
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56
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2
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Dialogue Foundation
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33-54
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"Although members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shared many values with their Christian neighbors, the differences between Mormons and non-Mormons during the nineteenth century were enough to estrange even beloved family members. Peculiar Mormon practices intensified divisions between the Saints and Americans at large, especially practices such as their loyalty to prophet-leaders and plural marriage arrangements, as well as the intimidating political bloc that the Saints created. By the time they established a western mountain theocracy under Brigham Young, Mormons and their community were seen as foreign bodies so much that, in the popular imagination, they were distinguishable not only by alien practices but physical appearance. For many Americans, Mormons were so wholly 'other' that connecting deeply, or even casually, with them felt challenging and uncomfortable. This paper will examine these dynamics through the correspondence of Martha Telle Cannon, a Mormon, and her 'Gentile' half sisters, Sarah Telle King and Tabitha Telle Sykes. The letters of Martha Telle Cannon and her half sisters... reveal both historical and personal forces that motivated the sisters to maintain a distance from Martha, then later to reach out in reconciliation. As their correspondence shows, important personal factors, including emotional pain and trauma, may have been as relevant as the cultural elements that divided and reunited the sisters." [Author]
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