(MORMONS) Pillsbury Albert W Letter from a gentile in early

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(MORMONS.) Pillsbury, Albert W. Letter from a gentile in early Salt Lake City. 4 pages, 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches, on one sheet; short closed tears at intersection of folds. Salt Lake City, UT, 8 March 1863

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Describes at length the efforts of Brigham Young and the Mormons to expel federal officials including territorial governor Stephen Harding: "Brigham Young has 160 men guarding his residence every night & the city next to the soldier's camp is guarded. . . . The Mormons are getting all their guns ready and say that they will fight until the last before they will be ruled by any excepting Brigham Young, or give up the doctrine of polygamy, or raise troops to go to the states." Pillsbury attended a ball, and danced with a woman who was nervous about speaking with him, as "she was watched so closely & would be talked to about it." She was "married & supposed that she still had a husband, but he was sent off by the church on a mission & she had not heard from him in two years." Pillsbury also attended a play and happened to sit near Brigham Young and family; he counted "23 of his wives & about 30 or 35 children. . . . He spent considerable of his time peeling apples & distributing among them."