The History of the Mormons. Their Persecutions and Travels. By President George Q. Cannon. Also the Two Manifestoes of the Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Members of the Council of the Apostles
Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon & Sons, Co., 1891. Wraps. 19[1] pp. Flake-Draper 1155. "Manifesto" appears on p. 17–19. "Official Declaration" appears on p. [1]. Rust color wrappers with several small tears and chips; clear tape along spine as well as along the inner front and rear hinges.
By mid-Dec 1889, George Q. Cannon was sweating a deadline. He had promised his colleague, Heber J. Grant, that he would write a piece for the Christmas issue of the Salt Lake Herald. As the crunch intensified, he-as he often did-drafted a son (John Q. in this case) to help him write it. After publication, Grant informed him that they had sold out of the issue and were planning to issue his article in pamphlet form. That did not materialize but Cannon printed it himself under his George Q. Cannon & Sons imprint. To his narrative of being "hunted and driven by blood-thirsty men" was appended the December 1889 manifesto (denying a host of things: blood atoning apostates, voting irregularities, political hegemony, etc) and the watershed "Official Declaration" now known as "the" Manifesto which signaled the beginning of the end of "authorized" polygamy. The first edition of this pamphlet was issued in September 1890 (sold for a whopping five cents), making it one of the earliest standalone publications of the 1890 Manifesto. This second edition is retypeset-maintaining pagination and even paragraph structure-with no apparent changes. Either version is extremely scarce-this is the first time we have seen one. Condition: Very good. Item #39754
Price: $300.00