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The Mormon Tithing House: A Frontier Business Institution

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A heal tithing office or bishop's storehouse was found in every Mormon settlement of the Mountain West during the nineteenth century. Besides functioning as collector of revenue for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the tithing house played a major role in the economic life of the community. It served as communal receiving and disbursing agency, warehouse, weighing station, livestock corral, general store, telegraph office, employment exchange and social security bureau. These functions carried it into banking, the fixing of official prices, and bulk selling. Thus the history of this institution shows, in a much different setting, counterparts of many procedures and problems open regarded as distinctly modern.

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  • Arrington, Leonard J., 1954. "The Mormon Tithing House: A Frontier Business Institution," Business History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 28(1), pages 24-58, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buhirw:v:28:y:1954:i:01:p:24-58_02
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