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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1102 Collections and/or Records:

Brigham Young envelope

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230353820]
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 letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237809]
Identifier: MSS SC 736
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter, dated 15 April 1845, and addressed to the United States Senator from Illinois, Stephen Arnold Douglas. Young writes to Douglas trying to secure mail contracts for the Mormon Church and requests that stockades be build on the trails in the American West. Also included is a letter from George Miller to Douglas on the same topics.

Dates: 1845
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young letter

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 747
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 13 Feb. 1850, and addressed to Daniel H. Wells, commander in chief of the Utah Militia. Young gives advice to Wells about a military campaign.

Dates: 1850 February 13
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237163]
Identifier: MSS SC 255
Scope and Contents

ALS to Mary A. Young from Brigham Young describing his journey west and his health. Photocopy. [s.l. :s.n.], [197-?] 2 p.

Dates: 1847
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237585]
Identifier: MSS SC 734
Scope and Contents

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
Scope and Contents

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

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313345]
Identifier: MSS SC 1584
Scope and Contents

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

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233283859]
Identifier: Vault MSS 80
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 7 Feb. 1855, and addressed to P. Clayton, "2nd Auditor." Young writes about the audit of accounts related to his position as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Utah.

Dates: 1855 February 7
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young letter

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 809
Scope and Contents

Letter from Brigham Young, Richardson Point, Camp of Israel, to his wife, Harriott Cook, Nauvoo, Illinois, 15 March 1846. Nauvoo looks like a prison to him, so he will continue West. Joseph B. Noble is to bring her over. Asks her to go visit Mary and Margaret Pears. Desires to see her and "the little boys." They are feeling happy in the camp. Edwin Little has been sick. They plan to move from their current position on next Wednesday.

Dates: 1846 March 15
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young letter to Eliza Cooper

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489986]
Identifier: MSS 613
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter dated 9 March 1877 and addressed to Eliza Cooper of Monroe, Utah. The item was composed in St. George, Utah. Young responds to a number of questions dealing with clothing to be worn in LDS temples, how the bodies of dead children are to be dressed, to whom the children belong when their mother has been sealed to two men, what women should do when they have a husband that is not strong in the faith, and the veracity of being married outside of a...
Dates: 1877 March 9
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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