The Seer. Washington, D.C. January 1853–June 1854; Liverpool, July 1854–August 1854.
2 v. (20 nos. in 320 p.) 23 cm.
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Following the conference of August 28, 1852, Orson Pratt was called to preside over the Church in the eastern United States and to publish a magazine defending the principles of Mormonism, especially plural marriage. The result was The Seer, edited and published by Orson in Washington and simultaneously reprinted in Liverpool. Eighteen monthly issues were printed both in Washington and Liverpool; two additional numbers were printed in Liverpool only.
Most of The Seer is devoted to Orson Pratt’s treatment of certain doctrinal questions, some of which had not previously been dealt with in print. His long serial articles “Pre-existence of Man” and “Celestial Marriage,” for example, go far beyond any earlier discussion of these subjects.
Excerpted and edited from Peter Crawley and Chad J. Flake,
A Mormon Fifty: an exhibition in the Harold B. Lee Library in conjunction with the annual conference of the Mormon History Association. (Provo, Utah, Friends of the Brigham Young University Library, 1984). Item 40, p. [30].
Used by permission of the authors.
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY