Mormon Envoy
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Mormon Envoy

The Diplomatic Legacy of Dr. John Milton Bernhisel

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Mormon Envoy

The Diplomatic Legacy of Dr. John Milton Bernhisel

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For more than twenty years, John Milton Bernhisel negotiated with the federal government on behalf of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bruce W. Worthen illuminates the life and work of the man whose diplomacy steered the Church's relationship with Washington, D.C. from its early period of dangerous conflict to a peaceful and pragmatic coexistence.

Having risen from a Pennsylvania backcountry upbringing to become a respected member of the upper class, Bernhisel possessed a personal history that allowed him to reach common ground with politicians and other outsiders. He negotiated for Joseph Smith's life and, after the Church's relocation to the Utah Territory, took on the task of rehabilitating the public image of the Latter-day Saints. Brigham Young's defiance of the government undermined Bernhisel's work, but their close if sometimes turbulent relationship ultimately allowed Bernhisel to make peace with Washington, secure a presidential pardon for Young, and put Utah and the Latter-day Saints on the road to formally joining the United States.

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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9780252053856
Topic
Teologia e religione
Subtopic
Religione

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. 1. “My Journey to the Westward”
  8. 2. “Stand Still and See the Salvation of God”
  9. 3. Four Miles from Carthage
  10. 4. The Angry Apostle
  11. 5. An Adopted Son and a Traveling Bishop
  12. 6. Far from the Land of Our Enemies
  13. 7. Correcting Public Opinion
  14. 8. Old Rough and Ready
  15. 9. Great Basin Confrontation
  16. 10. “We Have Only Asked for Simple Justice”
  17. 11. “Throwing Down the Glove”
  18. 12. Dueling Discourses
  19. 13. “A Most Turbulent, Disloyal, and Rebellious People”
  20. 14. Wild Fire
  21. 15. “When a Thousand Years Have Slept Away”
  22. 16. “Let Uncle Sam Choose”
  23. 17. Wrongs Real and Imaginary
  24. 18. The Train of Hell
  25. 19. The Great Wheel of Time
  26. Conclusion: Out of the West
  27. Appendix: Bernhisel’s Marriages
  28. Notes
  29. Bibliography
  30. Index
  31. Back Cover