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An extract from a manuscript entitled The peace maker, or, The doctrines of the millennium : being a treatise on religion and jurisprudence, or a new system of religion and politicks : for God, my country, and my rights / by Udney Hay Jacob.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacob, Udney Hay, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Peace maker. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marriage--Biblical teaching.
- Marriage.
- Marriage--Religious aspects--Latter Day Saint churches.
- Polygamy--Religious aspects--Latter Day Saint churches.
- Polygamy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (37 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Nauvoo, Illinois : J. Smith, Printer, 1842.
- Contents:
- Preface
- chapter XVIII. On the law of marriage
- chapter XIX. Several important laws of God.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: Graff 2186
- Collection: Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana
- From the Colton Storm catalogue: "Jacob's pamphlet was a crucial step in Joseph Smith's campaign to popularize plural marriages among the Mormons. Smith may have inspired the work although he later denounced it."
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