Proclamation Of The Twelve Apostles Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints. To All Kings Of The World, To The President Of The United States Of America; To The Governors Of The Several States, And To The Rulers And People Of All Nations

Liverpool: Wilford Woodruff (James & Woodburn, printers), 1845. Disbound. Additional shipping is required for this item. Please call us (800-486-3112) to order. 16 pp. Flake-Draper 1512. Crawley 285. lt. horizontal fold, cloth tape in left margin on first and last leaves (which also have lt. soiling), two leaves have a tear of abt. 2 inches which barely impacts text on one, two numbers are written in the bottom margin of the last pg., minor foxing throughout.

Crawley writes: "Derived from the revelation to Joseph Smith of January 19, 1841 (D & C 124), which, in its opening verses, enjoined him to make a 'solemn proclamation . . . to all the kings of the world, to the four corners thereof, to the honorable president-elect, and the high-minded governors of the nation.'" He declares that the Proclamation was composed by Parley P. Pratt and "certainly published at the shop of The Prophet" in New York. The paper advertised it in March and stated that "only a few copies have been printed." In October, Wilford Woodruff published 20,000 copies of the pamphlet in Liverpool. (Descriptive Bibliography vol. 1, 256). Condition: Good. Item #19015

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