Witnesses in Utah (1829)
In 1870 Martin Harris, a witness to the 1829 printing of the Book of Mormon in Grandin's Print Shop in Palmyra arrived in Utah. But he was not the only surviving witness to that historic event to finally reach Utah. By a strange turn of events another witness, Stephen S. Harding preceded him by eight years but with a far less welcome reception. Harding, who had lived in Palmyra as a youth was visiting his old home and spent some time with his cousin editor Pomeroy Tucker, at the print shop while the Book of Mormon was being printed and was actually given one of the original title pages. In 1862 Harding was appointed Territorial Governor of Utah, and became one of the most hostile and disliked federal officials to hold that office. After a mass meeting by the saints to protest Harding's policies, Lincoln appointed a replacement.
Roberts, CHC, 5:14
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