Mormon confirmation ceremony, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1853. Artist: Unknown

Mormon confirmation ceremony, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1853. Artist: Unknown

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Mormon confirmation ceremony, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1853. The Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830. Smith was murdered by a mob in Illinois in 1844, after which Brigham Young led the Mormons on an 1100-mile trek to Utah, founding Salt Lake City. From L'Illustration. (Paris, 1853).

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