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ARTHUR, CHESTER A. Check accomplished and Signed, “C AArthur,” as
Collector of the Port of NY, to John Priestley for $18 drawn on the Nassau Bank.With a
two-cent revenue stamp affixed at upper left corner recto additionally dated and Signed,
“C A A.” 2
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inches; blue cancellation marks and small closed cancellation slices at
center recto (not affecting signature). (MRS) NewYork, 27 December 1872
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“DO ALL IN YOUR POWERTO PRESERVETHE PEACE OFTHETERRITORY”
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CLEVELAND, GROVER.Autograph Letter Signed, as President, to Governor of
the Utah Territory Eli Houston Murray, in pencil, reprimanding him by stating that his
duty is to act to preserve the peace in his territory, not merely to report the state of affairs.
2 pages, oblong 8vo, written on two sheets; pin holes at upper left. (MRS)
Washington, 2 December 1885
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It is your duty to discover for yourself the true condition of affairs and do all in your power to
preserve the peace of the territory and the lives and property of its citizens.You are not merely
to observe and report but to act and any appeal for federal assistance should be made upon
such a condition of things as actually make it necessary and upon your official responsibility
and in the manner provided by the Constitution and Laws.
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You will report to me promptly any change in the condition of affairs.”
Enforcement of the Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Act of 1882 had caused growing unrest in Salt
Lake City, reaching its peak when, in December of 1885, a Mormon was shot by a United
States Marshal, prompting rumors of a Mormon uprising.