Brigham Young letter to James K. Polk, 1846 August 9

Item — Box: 14, Folder: 4

Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 2 Item 3

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Scope and Contents

Letter from Young (Willard Richards clerk) to President Polk, saying that the Mormons are on a journey to west of the Rocky Mountains, within the basin of the Great Salt Lake or Bear River valley, enlistment of the Mormon Battalion, assured of the President's friendship to the Saints by Jesse Little and Thomas L. Kane, saying they support the Constitution but would rather leave than be subject to unfair governors, etc. They oppose the appointment of Lilburn W. Boggs as Governor of California, they will ask for a territorial government as soon as they settle in the West, expresses confidence in and support for President Polk, dated August 9, 1846.

Dates

1846 August 9

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