title: Proselyting on the Rock of Gibraltar, 1853-1855: The Letters of Edward Stevenson to the <i>Juvenile Instructor</i> in 1885
abstract: In January 1885, the Mormon Juvenile Instructor magazine ran a short cover story on the history of Gibraltar, known as “the Rock,” the British overseas territory located on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula bordering Spain. While the magazine aimed to educate Latter-day Saints about the cosmopolitan world generally, the Rock did have a noteworthy place in Mormon history. The editor, George Q. Cannon, wrote, “As in the mother country [Great Britain] all religious societies are said to enj
journal: ScholarsArchive  (Brigham Young University)