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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 2744 Collections and/or Records:

Brigham Young letter to J. William Anderson

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343409]
Identifier: MSS 898
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter, dated November 7, 1864, and addressed to J. William Anderson of Newburgh, New York. Young writes to tell Anderson where he could acquire books that explain Mormon beliefs.

Dates: 1864 November 7
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young letter to James Burton

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287504]
Identifier: Vault MSS 222
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 17 April 1858, and addressed to James Burton, a teamster. Young gives Burton a pass to go safely through southern Utah on his way to California.

Dates: 1858 April 17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young letter to John R. Young

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 780
Scope and Contents Material contains a handwritten and signed letter dated March 1, 1857, addressed to John R. Young in Honolulu, Hawaii. The item was composed in Salt Lake City, Utah. Brigham Young encourages John, his nephew, and his fellow missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii by making comparisons between the "quiet and purity that prevail in Utah" and the "gross darkness" that covers the other people of the Earth. He comments on the missionary work of the Church in...
Dates: 1857 March 1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young letter to Samuel W. Richards

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233294708]
Identifier: Vault MSS 779
Scope and Contents Handwritten and signed letter dated 27 Feb. 1853 and addressed to Samuel W. Richards in Liverpool, England. The item was composed in Salt Lake City, Utah. Young reports on the condition of Utah at the end of a severe winter during which the Utahns received no mail from outside the territory. Young also writes about the sugar industry in Utah, the progress on buildings and machinery of the Deseret Manufacturing Company, the excavations on the foundation of the Salt Lake Temple, the...
Dates: 1853 February 27
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231237931]
Identifier: MSS SC 979
Scope and Contents

Letter to "Charley" Moffett expressing good wishes, concern over being traced by means of the postal service, and the welfare of Anderson's wife.

Dates: 1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young letters to Thomas L. Kane

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4096
Scope and Contents

Letters were handwritten by Brigham Young to Thomas L. Kane on October 30, 1854. In the letters Young asks Kane to serve as Utah's territorial delegate to Congress. The two letters are identical and were sent separately to ensure delivery. Collection also includes photocopies of the letters.

Dates: 1854 October 30
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young property deeds

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227613798]
Identifier: MSS SC 1320
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed deeds of personal property including such items as land, stock, clothing, and utensils. These items were deeded to Brigham Young (1801-1877), as trustee in trust for the Mormon Church. One of the items is signed by George Albert Smith, a counselor to Brigham Young.

Dates: 1855-1857
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young speech

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322346]
Identifier: MSS SC 2319
Scope and Contents

Typewritten excerpts from an address delivered by Young in 1855. The speech relates to how people receive personal revelations.

Dates: 1855
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Spencer Young newspaper clippings

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239266114]
Identifier: MSS 9275
Scope and Contents

Contains two compact discs of scanned newpaper clippings compiled by Brigham Spencer Young from his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England. Dated 1935-1938.

Dates: 1935-1938
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Feramorz L. Young diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319524]
Identifier: MSS SC 2142
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and bound diary. Young talks about his journey to Mexico and his cultural and religious experiences there while serving there. Young became ill on his mission and died at sea on his way back to Utah. He was buried at sea off the coast of Florida.

Dates: 1880-1881
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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