Collins Rowe Hakes letter
Scope and Contents
Typewritten letter addressed "to whom it may concern: and especially my own family." The item was written in Mesa, Arizona, and dated 24 April 1916. It was copied by S. C. Richardson on 1 June 1931. Hakes heard of the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857 before he moved to Parowan, Utah, in 1858. He writes with the intention of showing that Brigham Young, second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had nothing to do with the massacre. He quotes Young as saying to Hakes: "The time has come when they will try John D. Lee and not the Mormon Church, and that is all we have ever wanted." Hakes was present at the execution of John D. Lee and gives an account of what Lee said before he was shot. Lee regreted that his "friends," the leaders of the Church including Brigham Young, had not come to comfort him in his "time of trouble."
Dates
- 1916
Creator
- Hakes, Collins Rowe, 1837-1916 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Letter must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
LDS Church leader in Mesa, Arizona.
Extent
1 folder (0.2 linear ft.) : 7 p.
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Title
- Register of Collins Rowe Hakes letter
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 13 April 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States