The Rise, Progress and Travels of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Being a Series of Answers to Questions, Including the Revelation on Celestial Marriage, and A Brief Account of the Settlement of Salt Lake Valley, with Interesting Statistics

Salt Lake City: Deseret News Office, 1869. First Edition. 49pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Sewn textblock. Lacks wrappers. Very good. One of the few works by the longtime apostle, colonizer and cousin of the prophet Joseph Smith. "As President Brigham Young and the Church authorities are frequently called upon for information pertaining to the Church history, also the history and settlement of these valleys of the mountains, with the educational, agricultural, horticultural and irrigation statistics pertaining thereto, &c., it has been deemed wisdom to write and collate such items as would satisfactorily answer the generality of questions propounded; hence, the publication of this pamphlet has been undertaken, with the sincere hope that all honest inquirers after the truth of the Latter-day Work." - preface. Flake/Draper 7872. Howes S595.