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Utah -- Politics and government

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Willard Richards letter

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2002
Scope and Contents

One handwritten letter addressed to the U. S. House of Representatives. Richards wants the committee on petitions of Utah to meet the "Committee on the subject of memorializing the Secretary of War on regard to the exploration of a Route across the Western Desert."

Dates: 1853
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Willard Richards letter

Daniel H. Wells letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318682]
Identifier: MSS SC 2003
Scope and Contents

One handwritten letter to Frank Fuller, acting governor of Utah, regarding two acts of the Utah legislature. The acts were a "Memorial to Congress for semi-weekly mail service from Fillmore to San Bernadino, Cal." and a "Memorial to Congress for an Act authorizing treaties with Indians, and the extinguishment of the Indian titles." These items were forwarded to Fuller for his "action."

Dates: 1862
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Daniel H. Wells letter

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