Oct 10, 2013 - Sale 2324

Sale 2324 - Lot 336

Price Realized: $ 438
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Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(UTAH.) The first and sixth sessions of the Utah Territorial Legislature. 2 volumes. 8, 48, 37-258; 35, xi, 211 pages. 12mo, unmatched modern cloth; library markings in first volume, second volume worn and soiled on first few pages. Salt Lake City, UT, 1852 and 1857
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The first session includes "An Act in Relation to Service" (pages 80-82), which legalized slavery in Utah Territory and forbade miscegenation. Indian slaves are covered in another act, pages 93-94. The legislature's sixth session, held just months before the arrival of United States troops in the Utah War, includes two acts concerning the formation of a territorial militia which would operate under the existing Nauvoo Legion name.
Includes: Acts, Resolutions, and Memorials Passed at the First Annual and Special Sessions of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah . . . also the Constitution of the United States, and the Act Organizing the Territory of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT: Brigham H. Young (nephew of Governor Brigham Young), 1852 Acts and Resolutions Passed by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah, bound with A Compilation of United States Laws Applicable to Territories. Salt Lake City, UT: James McKnight, 1857. McMurtrie, Utah 15, 34.