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   Brigham Young

   Young's words came nine years after the purported original revelation by Joseph Smith, and five years after the Mormon Exodus to Utah following Smith's death in Illinois. ... ... have been, the spirit of Joseph appeared to rest upon Brigham"); Benjamin F. Johnson, My Life's Review [Independence,... boy, I saw the mantle of the Prophet Joseph rest upon Brigham Young; and he arose lion-like to the occasion and ; and he arose lion-like to the occasion and led the people forth"); Wilford Woodruff, Deseret News, March... Juvenile Instructor, 22 [29 October 1870]: 174-175 ("When Brigham Young spoke it was with the voice of Joseph himself; and not...
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   Utah War

   But, many Americans in the mid-19th century regarded Mormon governance as a violation of American principles, and the press portrayed Young and other Mormon leaders as petty tyrants who were determined to create a separate kingdom in Utah. ... | 1838 Mormon War (1838 Missouri) Extermination Order (1838 Missouri) Illinois Mormon War (1844-1845) Mormon Exodus (1846-1857) Mormon Reformation (1856-1858) Mountain Meadows massacre (1857) Morrisite War (1862) Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act (1862) Poland Act (1874) Reynolds v. United States (1879) | Edmunds Act (1882) Edmunds-Tucker Act (1887) Mormon Church v. United States (1890) 1890 Manifesto Smoot Hearings (1903-1907) Second Manifesto (1904) Short Creek raid (1953) Theodemocracy List of conflicts in the United States |
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   History of Nauvoo, Illinois

   The church's "Traveling High Council" (or Quorum of the Twelve) led by President Brigham Young oversaw the church's missionary activities. ... Mormon Exodus (1846-1857)
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   Mormon pioneers

   For his role in the migration, Brigham Young is sometimes referred to as the "American Moses." ... We'll Find the Place: The Mormon Exodus 1846-1848.
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   Mormon Trail

   Brigham Young University, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies. ... We'll Find the Place: The Mormon Exodus, 1846–1848.
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   19th century (Mormonism)

   Planning for the Mormon Exodus to the west begins. ... September – President Brigham Young is indicted for adultery due to his plural marriages.
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   Origin of Latter Day Saint polygamy

   On June 27, 1844, in spite of a promise of protection from Illinois governor Thomas Ford, a mob attacked the prison and killed both brothers, an event that prompted Smith's successor Brigham Young to lead the Mormon Exodus to Utah in 1846–47.
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   1838 Mormon War

   Mormon leader John Corrill wrote, "the love of pillage grew upon them very fast, for they plundered every kind of property they could get a hold of" (Corrill, p. 38). ... | Extermination Order (1838 Missouri) Illinois Mormon War (1844–1845) Mormon Exodus (1846–1857) Utah War (1857–1858) Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act (1862) Poland Act (1874) List of conflicts in the United States | Reynolds v. United States (1879) Edmunds Act (1882) Edmunds-Tucker Act (1887) The Late Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints v. United States (1890) 1890 Manifesto Smoot Hearings (1903–1907) |
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   Latter Day Saint polygamy in the late 19th century

   The announcement came nine years after the purported original revelation by Joseph Smith, and five years after the Mormon Exodus to Utah following Smith's death in Illinois. ... Brigham Young himself attempted to stamp out the practice of men being sealed to excessively young girls.
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    Mormon Battalion

    The salaries and allowances they earned were key to providing the means for continuing the Mormon exodus west to the Salt Lake Valley. ... Prophet Brigham Young had planned on moving the Mormon's west that summer, but circumstances were against his plan.

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