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Brigham Young account book

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: Vault MSS 154

Scope and Contents

Handwritten entries in a business account book recording Brigham Young's financial transactions from August 1862 to May 1864.

Dates: 1862-1864

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young account book

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: Vault MSS 155

Scope and Contents

Handwritten entries in a business account book recording Brigham Young's financial transactions from 1856 to 1874. There are many gaps in the record. These accounts were written by Hiram B. Clawson and others.

Dates: 1856-1877

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young and Daniel H. Wells letter to Philo Farnsworth

Item — Folder: 1

Identifier: Vault MSS 14

Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter from Brigham Young and Daniel H. Wells addressed to Philo T. Farnsworth, bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Beaver, Utah. Young writes to Farnsworth about the declaration of martial law. Materials dated September 14, 1857.

Dates: 1857 September 14

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young and Willard Richards certificate of introduction

Item — Folder: 1

Identifier: Vault MSS 63

Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed certificate including the official seal of the territory of Utah with a green ribbon attached. The item is written "to whom it may concern." It introduces the bearer as an acquaintance of Brigham Young. The manuscript was probably used for missionaries of the Mormon Church. The item was signed by both Young and Willard Richards, an apostle in the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1852

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young correspondence

File — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS SC 687

Scope and Contents

Typescripts of two letters between Young and Louis Frederick Moench discussing the teaching of truth and correct principles at the Brigham Young Academy. Also includes memo from Ernest L. Wilkinson.

Dates: 1876

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young correspondence

File — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS SC 1869

Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten letter to Brigham Young from Jno. O. Dominis, secretary to King Kamehameha V of Hawaii. Also included is a published copy of the letter in the "Deseret News" and a letter of Brigham Young to the King. Young expresses a desire to purchase land in Hawaii to grow cotton for the Mormons. Dominis, writing for the king, expresses concern that Young's intentions are to do missionary work.

Dates: 1865

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young discourses

File — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS SC 1938

Scope and Contents

Typescripts of discourses. Young's remarks cover a wide range of Mormon theological ideas including sacrifice, obedience, and the nature of the biblical character, Adam. Young also talks about his relationship with Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the founder of the Mormon faith.

Dates: 1854-1856

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young envelope

Item — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 7442

Abstract

The collection consists of an envelope from 1865 addressed to Brigham Young, Jr.

Dates: 1865

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young eyeglasses

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MSS 9053

Scope and Contents

A pair of eyeglasses that were made for Brigham Young after coming to Utah in 1847, and were left at the home of Emma Gardner in Payson or Nephi, Utah, on one his trips south prior to 1865.

Dates: approximately 1865

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young financial papers

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: Vault MSS 57

Scope and Contents

Handwritten lists of financial transactions. The materials may deal with freight that was carried by wagon trains coming to Utah.

Dates: 1851-1857

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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