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Memorial to congress for five thousand dollars for the university

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Identifier: Vault MSS 734
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Handwritten petition to the United States Congress. The item was "adopted in a joint session Jan. 17, 1854." The Utah Legislature asks for funds to support the University of Deseret. The item was signed by Willard Richards and Jedediah M. Grant.

Dates: 1854
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Memorial to congress for five thousand dollars for the university

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