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This is a stereoview entitled "1934. John D. Lee's Lookout Mountain". It is by the Union View Company of Rochester, New York and is part of their California and Colorado series. Crease to lower left corner of mount. Please examine scan closely to determine condition. Additional scans are available upon request. All questions are welcome. TERMS: Winning bidder must pay an additional $3.00 for shipping and handling. Buyer assumes the responsibility of loss or damage during shipping. Insurance is optional and recommended (Rates are based upon actual USPS rates as determined by the final purchase price of the item). Shipping will be made to U.S. addresses only. Money orders are preferred, checks accepted. (No form of electronic payment, including Paypal, is accepted.) Allow ten days for checks to clear. Items mailed to any New York State address must add 8 % to total price unless payment is accompanied by a signed New York State resale certificate. Full payment must be received within ten (10) days following the close of the auction. Thank you. Good Luck!
The following related information was found on the internet: John Doyle Lee (1812-1877) A man whose life was stained by tragedy, John D. Lee is perhaps the most controversial figure in Mormon history. Born in 1812 in Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory, Lee had a tumultuous childhood. At age three, his mother died after years of lingering illnesses, leaving Lee to his alcoholic father. From age seven to sixteen Lee was raised in an uncle's family. He worked for a time as a mail carrier before assuming managerial responsibility for his uncle's farm, then worked several years as a store clerk in Galena, Illinois. Finally, Lee moved to Vandalia, Illinois, w he met and married Agatha Ann Woolsey in 1833. It was in Vandalia that Lee and his wife encountered Mormonism. In 1837 a Mormon missionary converted the couple to the young religion, which had been formally organized only seven years before. Lee's religious passion quickly became the driving force in his life, prompting him to move in 1838 to a homestead near the Mormon town of Far West, Missouri. The large influx of Mormons into Northwest Missouri caused enormous tensions with the non-Mormon ("gentile") population. Many of the gentiles were hostile on purely religious grounds, but they also resented the political and economic power which the cohesive Mormon community had acquired. Individual confrontations soon exploded into near warfare involving murder, destruction of property, and cycles of raids and counter-raids between the Mormons and gentiles. Lee played an active role in many of the military conflicts, and soon became a member of the Danite Band, the formally organized Mormon militia. Finally Missouri's governor ordered the Mormons expelled or exterminated, sending an army which surrounded their community and forced the Mormon leadership to surrender. As the Mormons began preparing for their trek eastward to Nauvoo, Illinois, Lee's religious devotion continued to strengthen. In 1838 he was promoted within the priesthood and made a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, the body which directed the church's extensive missionary activities. From 1839 to 1844 he spent much of his time winning converts in Illinois, Tennessee and Kentucky. His commitment impressed the church leadership, and in 1843 he was chosen to guard the home of the church's founder and prophet, Joseph Smith. John Lee's religious fervor only grew in intensity as the young religion entered its darkest hour. In June 1844 a mob dragged Joseph Smith and his brother from their jail cell in Carthage, Illinois, and murdered them, causing a crisis of leadership within the church. In addition, t was internal dissension over the doctrine of plural marriage, which had been formally announced within the church in 1843. Lee accepted the new doctrine, soon taking five more wives, and he remained devotedly loyal to the church leadership, especially the new leader, Brigham Young, whom Lee assisted during the Mormon flight to the "Winter Quarter... 
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