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Title: Letter ... to the Inspecting Committee of the Ballast Board
on the Light-Houses of Ireland.Publisher: British Library,
Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national
library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest
research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known
languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF BRITAIN & IRELAND
collection includes books from the British Library digitised by
Microsoft. As well as historical works, this collection includes
geographies, travelogues, and titles covering periods of
competition and cooperation among the people of Great Britain and
Ireland. Works also explore the countries' relations with France,
Germany, the Low Countries, Denmark, and Scandinavia. ++++The below
data was compiled from various identification fields in the
bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an
additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++
British Library Robinson, Thomas Romney; 1863. 8 . 10347.cc.2.(7.)
Title: Juvenile Poems. To which is prefixed, a short account of the
author.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY &
DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised
by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of
literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian
verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and
poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage
and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Robinson, Thomas
Romney; 1807. 8 . 11641.bb.49.
'Romney's unique vantage point is the strongest draw of this
narrative: Romney and his family lived much of their life in the
Mexican Mormon colonies. But the narrative's value is much broader
and deeper than just that. Romney's insights into Mexican politics
and personalities, and his view of the course of history from
inside rather than from outside, are fascinating, colorful and
opinionated. He was clear about who he admired and why, and who he
did not.' - from the Foreword In the 1880s, as a precondition to
granting Utah statehood, the United States government enacted laws
to put a stop to the Mormon practice of polygamy. Those who
continued to practice this principle were forced underground as
federal marshals roamed the territory searching for 'polygs.' In
response, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints looked
for safe places to send its members; many found refuge across the
border in Mexico. Unavailable since its original publication in
1938, this important document of a little-known chapter in Mormon
history is now reprinted with a foreword by Martha Sonntag Bradley.
Romney was raised and spent much of his life in the colonies,
making this book a significant contribution to LDS history. It
chronicles a new kind of Mormon pioneer facing the hardships of an
unfamiliar land, a tenuous relationship with the government, and
the necessary fortitude to hold fast to one's belief in the face of
difficulty and trial.
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