160 years ago today - Dec 30, 1856

Eight days after his excommunication, Mormons make night raid on office of Judge George P. Stiles and burn his law library in a privy. Anti-Mormon officials use this incident to falsely claim that Mormons have destroyed federal records.

[Source: The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database (http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase)]]

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