Gazetteer and Business Directory of Wayne, County, N. Y. for 1867-8
Syracuse: Printed at the Journal Office, 1867. 8vo (210 x 135 mm). 4-page advertisement printed on blue paper, additional advertisements throughout occasionally printed on colored paper. Folding map of Wayne County. Original brown cloth. Some light wear; map with some light offsetting. Item #403590
Palmyra, in New York's Wayne County, is the birthplace of Mormonism. Though many Mormons were well-established in Utah by 1867, the Directory includes a 4-page excoriation of Mormonism, concluding: "Not a soldier was sent out, not a dollar was given, to aid the Union cause. No doubt the 'prophets' saw that in the future, the same power which was wiping the stain of slavery from our national life, would raise its arm to strike down polygamy. May the vision prove a true one."
Price: $300.00