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Latter Day Saint churches -- Presidents

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Found in 146 Collections and/or Records:

L. Walker letter to Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287124]
Identifier: Vault MSS 181
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 28 March 1876, and addressed to Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church. Walker writes to Young requesting trees for outside and indoor planting.

Dates: 1876 March 28
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / L. Walker letter to Brigham Young

Joshua Williams letter to Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287579]
Identifier: Vault MSS 196
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 29 July 1876, and addressed to Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church. Williams writes to Young concerning land east of the tithing office that may be used for a lumber yard.

Dates: 1876 July 29
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joshua Williams letter to Brigham Young

P. P. Williams letter to Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233286993]
Identifier: Vault MSS 171
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 11 May 1877, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Williams writes to Young concerning the divorce trial between Brigham Young and Ann Eliza Young.

Dates: 1877 May 11
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / P. P. Williams letter to Brigham Young

Joseph Woodmansee letter

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287009]
Identifier: Vault MSS 162
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 9 Jan. 1876, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Woodmansee writes concerning land for sale next to the Salt Lake Theatre.

Dates: 1876 January 9
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Woodmansee letter

Wilford Woodruff letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233293106]
Identifier: Vault MSS 742
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter to M. Richards Jr. of Parowan Utah. The item is a request for Richards to surrender a certificate for 300 shares of Deseret Telegraph Stock to Woodruff.

Dates: 1888
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wilford Woodruff letter

Wilford Woodruff letter to Jacob G. Bigler

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233284063]
Identifier: Vault MSS 109
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated October 18, 1887, and addressed to Jacob G. Bigler. Woodruff writes about Bigler's unmarried daughter being baptized in the temple for her health. The item was composed in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1887 October 18
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wilford Woodruff letter to Jacob G. Bigler

Wilford Woodruff letter to John Daniel Thompson McAllister

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289658]
Identifier: Vault MSS 429
Scope and Contents

Typewritten letter, addressed to John D. T. McAllister, dated August 31, 1894, and signed by Wilford Woodruff and Joseph F. Smith. Woodruff and Smith inform McAllister that he will remain president of the Manti Temple after the return of the former president, Anthon H. Lund.

Dates: 1894 August 31
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wilford Woodruff letter to John Daniel Thompson McAllister

Wilford Woodruff letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342716]
Identifier: MSS 818
Scope and Contents This is a collection of photocopies of letters written by Wilford Woodruff and several miscellaneous items. Woodruff signed 14 of the letters as Lewis Allen, a pseudonym used by him during the time he was on the underground, hiding from federal officials. The letters were addressed to Thomas P. Cottam, at that time bishop of the St. George Fourth Ward and a prominent civic and LDS Church leader in St. George, Utah. Also enclosed are two letters to "Grand Pa Cottam" one of which is signed...
Dates: 1887-1889
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wilford Woodruff letters

Brigham Young account

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233286696]
Identifier: Vault MSS 133
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed account with Joseph Birch which lists the amount of "Proceeds" from the Southern Cotton Factory. Young writes, "I think this account is corect I have look it over and am satisfide."

Dates: 1870
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young account

Brigham Young and Willard Richards certificate of introduction

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233284816]
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 and Willard Richards certificate of introduction

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