Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1813 - 1861
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Leland Heywood diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 179
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries for the years 1856 and 1857. In volume 1, Heywood traveled to California on government business. He left Salt Lake City for Washington, D.C. on 22 April 1866 and gives a short description of the overland journey to Atchison, Kansas. The remainder of the volume discusses political troubles in Washington, D.C. In volume 2, after resolving his affairs in Washington, D.C. and visiting family in Massachusetts, Heywood returned to Utah via St. Louis and Independence, Missouri....
Dates:
1855-1856
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Brigham Young letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237809]
Identifier: MSS SC 736
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter, dated 15 April 1845, and addressed to the United States Senator from Illinois, Stephen Arnold Douglas. Young writes to Douglas trying to secure mail contracts for the Mormon Church and requests that stockades be build on the trails in the American West. Also included is a letter from George Miller to Douglas on the same topics.
Dates:
1845
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Brigham Young letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237585]
Identifier: MSS SC 734
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter addressed to the United States Senator from Illinois, Stephen A. Douglas. The item was signed by Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Willard Richards. Young writes to Douglas to secure his support for the admission of the Deseret as an official state in the nation.
Dates:
1849
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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- Immigration and American Expansion 1
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