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Box 15

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

George A. Smith letter to Brigham Young, 1858 August 17

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 12
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Letter from Smith to Young regarding the Mountain Meadows Massacre, tells what he's learned: the emigrants "conducted themselves in a hostile manner," and they were attacked Brigham Young Indians, John D. Lee and some other white men may have been there for a portion of the combat, dated August 17, 1858.

Dates: 1858 August 17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Brigham Young correspondence and other material / Brigham Young correspondence with Church leaders

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