Deseret News reports death of Parley P. Pratt.
- Type
- News (traditional)
- Source
- Deseret News LDS
- Hearsay
- Journalism
- Reference
"Reported Assassination," Deseret News 7, no. 17 (July 1, 1857): 5
- Scribe/Publisher
- Deseret News
- Audience
- Reading Public
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Reported Assassination.—We have seen a short article in the Missouri Republican of May 25, copied from the Van Buren (Arkansas) Intelligencer of May 15, in which it is stated that Parley Parker Pratt was shot by one Hector H. McLean on the 13th of May, and some eight miles from Van Buren. It is also stated that Mr. Pratt lived about two hours after he was shot.
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