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There should be no relaxation in the firm but just execution of the law now in operation, and I should be glad to approve such further discreet legislation as will rid the country of this blot upon its fair fame.
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of the church and directed the confiscation by the federal government of all church properties valued over a limit of $ 50,000. The act was enforced by the
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Disincorporated the LDS Church and the
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The act disincorporated both the LDS Church and the
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828:Timeline of civil marriage in the United States
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121:48 U.S.C.: Territories and Insular Possessions
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1198:United States law and polygamy in Mormonism
1163:. University of California - Santa Barbara.
1150:. University of California - Santa Barbara.
1137:. University of California - Santa Barbara.
614:These are not the homes of polygamy. . . .
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854:Reynolds v. United States
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499:Polygamy in Christianity
487:Legal status of polygamy
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841:Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act
395:Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act
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309:Wives of Brigham Young
261:by Charles Weitfle (c.
246:Mormonism and polygamy
205:agreed to by the House
203:on February 16, 1887;
684:Disenfranchised women
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491:List of practitioners
349:Centennial Park group
340:Mormon fundamentalism
281:Wives of Joseph Smith
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1178:1887 in American law
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