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New Mormon History
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Historic events in New Mormon History on 3/5
1849: organization of theocratic State of Deseret, which is denied statehood in 1850.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1857: Brigham Young permits woman to select faithful elder to act as “proxy” to father children for her sexually impotent husband. Young performs polyandrous ceremony “for time," and the relationship lasts several years producing two sons (l858, 1861). Mother’s legal husband raises the boys with her, and later tells them he loves them as much as if they were his natural sons. Both boys grow up to become devoted Mormons and polygamists. This is last known case of authorized polyandry.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1868: Deseret News article "Served Him Right" reports that a Gentile is given a "sound thrashing" when he visits an LDS meeting to see a young woman.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1996: Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher accepts an honorary doctorate at Brigham Young University.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
To see the whole database in chronological order, Click here. Note that I'm not done entering all the information. While most of these facts come from Quinn's book, I'm seeking the primary sources for each, but this will take a long time.
1849: organization of theocratic State of Deseret, which is denied statehood in 1850.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1857: Brigham Young permits woman to select faithful elder to act as “proxy” to father children for her sexually impotent husband. Young performs polyandrous ceremony “for time," and the relationship lasts several years producing two sons (l858, 1861). Mother’s legal husband raises the boys with her, and later tells them he loves them as much as if they were his natural sons. Both boys grow up to become devoted Mormons and polygamists. This is last known case of authorized polyandry.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1868: Deseret News article "Served Him Right" reports that a Gentile is given a "sound thrashing" when he visits an LDS meeting to see a young woman.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1996: Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher accepts an honorary doctorate at Brigham Young University.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
To see the whole database in chronological order, Click here. Note that I'm not done entering all the information. While most of these facts come from Quinn's book, I'm seeking the primary sources for each, but this will take a long time.
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