. History of Utah: comprising preliminary chapters on the previous history of her founders, accounts of early Spanish and American explorations in the Rocky Mountain region, the advent of the Mormon pioneers, the establishment and dissolution of the provisional government of the State of Deseret, and the subsequent creation and development of the territory . The propertyhad been in litigation in the suit of the Heirs vs. the Executors, butthe title had been confirmed to the Church in the compromise settle-ment that followed. The mansion, finished and elegantly furnishedat a cost of about fifte
. History of Utah: comprising preliminary chapters on the previous history of her founders, accounts of early Spanish and American explorations in the Rocky Mountain region, the advent of the Mormon pioneers, the establishment and dissolution of the provisional government of the State of Deseret, and the subsequent creation and development of the territory . The propertyhad been in litigation in the suit of the Heirs vs. the Executors, butthe title had been confirmed to the Church in the compromise settle-ment that followed. The mansion, finished and elegantly furnishedat a cost of about fifteen thousand dollars, was made ready for thePresidents occupancy by the latter part of December, 1881, and heand his family, agreeable to the suggestion of the Committee ofArrangements—Moses Thatcher, William .Jennings and Angus —forthwith moved into it. A public reception was given by the President at the GardoHouse on Monday, January 2, 1882, when over two thousandcitizens called to pay their respects to the venerable head of Mor-mondom. Little knew the President and his friends, on thatseemingly auspicious day, that his residence within those palatialwalls would be so brief. At that very hour, when with smiling faceand extended hand he welcomed across the threshold of the hospit-able and elegant mansion those who thronged to tender him.
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