Utah and the Mormons: The History, Government, Doctrines, Custom, and Prospects of the Latter-Day Saints. From Personal Observation during a Six Months' Residence at Great Salt Lake City
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1854. First Edition. 347pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Original blue cloth with the title and bands gilt on backstrip. Very good. Benjamin Ferris (1802-1891) served in the (federally installed) Utah Territorial government in 1852-53. "In the early part of the summer of 1852 I was solicited..... More