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Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:

Brigham Young letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237585]
Identifier: MSS SC 734
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Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter addressed to the United States Senator from Illinois, Stephen A. Douglas. The item was signed by Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Willard Richards. Young writes to Douglas to secure his support for the admission of the Deseret as an official state in the nation.

Dates: 1849
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young letter

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2101
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Handwritten and signed letter addressed to the United States Treasury in Washington D.C. and dated 30 Dec. 1854. Young writes that he has not been absent from Utah since his appointment as governor neither did he expect to be in the next quarter.

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

Brigham Young letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230316959]
Identifier: MSS SC 2019
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a handwritten letter. The item is dated Sept. 14, 1857 and is addressed to "Major McCullogh" and Lewis Brunson (1831-1888). Brunson was the bishop in Fillmore, Utah for the Mormon Church. Young states that preparations are to be made to deal with the advancing federal troops which were part of the Utah Expedition, 1857-1858. He also outlines the nature of the defense of Utah. In resistance the Utahns would "desolate the Territory" and "waylay our enemies." Young also admonishes...
Dates: 1857
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230316967]
Identifier: MSS SC 2020
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Photocopy of a handwritten letter. The item is dated March 4, 1858 and is addressed to Lewis Brunson (1831-1888), bishop for the Mormon Church in Fillmore, Utah. The letter is an authorization by Young for Brunson to give "Brother Robb" livestock in repayment of a loan he had given to the Mormon Church in Liverpool, England for the purpose of emigration.

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

Brigham Young letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313345]
Identifier: MSS SC 1584
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Photocopy of a handwritten letter to the Mormon stake president of Ephraim, Utah by Brigham Young (1801-1877). Brigham Young expresses his wish that at least fifty families from Ephraim settle in Castle Valley.

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

Brigham Young letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315167]
Identifier: MSS SC 1717
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Typewritten photocopy of a handwritten letter addressed to Elder E.W. Tullidge. Young encouraged Tullidge to publish apologetic literature in defense of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1867
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315084]
Identifier: MSS SC 1732
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Photocopy of a handwritten letter of acknowledgement by Brigham Young to the former governor of Minnesota, Alexander Ramsay.

Dates: 1853
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306612]
Identifier: MSS SC 890
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This collection consists of photocopies of typescripts of the original documents. These letters were written by Young to Horace S. Eldredge, a prominent Mormon Church leader and businessman. The items express Young's opinions on church finances and policies and Utah political issues.

Dates: 1857-1859
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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