Constitution of the state of Deseret...
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December 13, 1849
NEW YORK HERALD, Dec. 13, 1849.
* State of Deseret
* Mormons
* Constitution
This is an extremely significant issue as over two columns of the front page are taken up with the complete printing of:
* The Constitution Of The New State Of Deseret
This is followed by a letter from the Mormons to Congress requesting their acceptance of the Constitution as their first step towards statehood with the name "Deseret" (see photos).
Having moved to Utah to establish their own society outside the United States they settled in the arid climate near the Great Salt Lake, part of Mexico in the mid-1840's.
With the end of the Mexican War in 1848 & the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the United States gained what is now Utah & much of the surrounding land. Mormon leaders at first sought territorial status in 1849 but then decided instead to seek statehood.
A constitution for the "State of Deseret", as printed in this newspaper, was written by the Council of Fifty, a political arm of the Mormon church. It was a simple document of only eight articles and would be the first of seven constitutions written before statehood would be granted in 1896.
This is an extremely significant issue in Mormon history. It did not appear in any Utah newspaper as the very first in the state (then a territory) was not until 1850.
Complete in 4 pages, in great condition.
* State of Deseret
* Mormons
* Constitution
This is an extremely significant issue as over two columns of the front page are taken up with the complete printing of:
* The Constitution Of The New State Of Deseret
This is followed by a letter from the Mormons to Congress requesting their acceptance of the Constitution as their first step towards statehood with the name "Deseret" (see photos).
Having moved to Utah to establish their own society outside the United States they settled in the arid climate near the Great Salt Lake, part of Mexico in the mid-1840's.
With the end of the Mexican War in 1848 & the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the United States gained what is now Utah & much of the surrounding land. Mormon leaders at first sought territorial status in 1849 but then decided instead to seek statehood.
A constitution for the "State of Deseret", as printed in this newspaper, was written by the Council of Fifty, a political arm of the Mormon church. It was a simple document of only eight articles and would be the first of seven constitutions written before statehood would be granted in 1896.
This is an extremely significant issue in Mormon history. It did not appear in any Utah newspaper as the very first in the state (then a territory) was not until 1850.
Complete in 4 pages, in great condition.
Category: The Old West
