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Daniel Smith Mills letter to Joshua K. Whitney, 1854 October 12

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 18
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Item 1
Image of Daniel Smith Mills letter to Joshua K. Whitney
Image of Daniel Smith Mills letter to Joshua K. Whitney

Scope and Contents

Letter from Mills, San Francisco, California, dated October 12, 1854, to Joshua K. Whitney regarding conditions among the gold miners in California where he was serving as a missionary for the Church. Includes discouraging news from home including the death of his mother, the destruction of the ship "Yankee Blade," and the looting of its baggage. On the inside of the folded letter is a print of an engraving entitled "Sunday in the California Diggings," published by the Wide West Office, San Francisco, depicting the lawlessness and debauchery of the time.

Dates

  • 1854 October 12

Conditions Governing Access

Condition restricted; permission to use original materials must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services. Patrons should use microfilm copies.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Extent

1 folded sheet (2 pages) ; 25 x 40 cm folded to 25 x 20 cm

Language of Materials

English

Other Finding Aids

File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/VMSS76.xml

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in repository.

General

Holograph, signed.

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

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