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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Grow, Matthew J., editor.

Title: The Council of Fifty : what the records reveal about Mormon history / edited by Matthew J. Grow and R. Eric Smith.

Description: Provo : Religious Studies Center BYU, 2017. | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017017269 | ISBN 9781944394219

Subjects: LCSH: Council of Fifty (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)—History—Sources. | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—History—19th century. | Mormon Church—History—19th century.

Classification: LCC BX8611 .C6654 2017 | DDC 289.309/034—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017017269