On The Mormon Frontier: The Diary Of Hosea Stout (2 Volumes) Stout, Hosea; Juanita Brooks (Ed.) Utah & The Mormons

327, 442pp. Octavo [26 cm] Light green cloth with gilt title on backstrip. Map endsheets and pastedowns. With contemporary gift inscriptions on the half title pages. In dust jackets, with moderate rubbing to the extremities. A very attractive set. Massive and masterful two volume edition of the pioneer Mormon diaries of Hosea Stout. Stout served in the Mormon Militia in Nauvoo and Utah, chief of police in Nauvoo & Winter Quarters, attorney general of the state of Deseret & the territory of Utah, US district attorney for Utah, president of the house of the Utah territorial legislature and many other positions. Stout's plethora of positions both with civil and ecclesiastical authorities provided Stout with a wealth of information and contacts to draw upon for his written diaries, thus providing unique insight into 19th century Utah and Mormon history.