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Politics, Government, and Law

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Found in 1641 Collections and/or Records:

Brigham Young letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315274]
Identifier: MSS SC 1798
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten letter to Charles C. Rich concerning the transfer of military equipment to headquarters.

Dates: 1846
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letter

Brigham Young letter to E. B. Alexander

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231566081]
Identifier: Vault MSS 694
Scope and Contents

Letter, handwritten and signed "Brigham Young" by a scribe, addressed to Col. E.B. Alexander, commander of the 5th and 10th United States infantry regiments during the Utah Expedition. The letter is dated October 7, 1857 and was sent with two copies of the Deseret News in an attempt to "enliven the monotonous routine of camp life."

Dates: 1857 October 7
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letter to E. B. Alexander

Brigham Young letter to James Pollock

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233282679]
Identifier: Vault MSS 20
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 24 June 1856, and addressed to James Pollock, governor of Idaho. Young thanks Pollock for a copy of the laws of Idaho.

Dates: 1856 June 24
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letter to James Pollock

Brigham Young letters

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292868]
Identifier: Vault MSS 723
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters dated 1854 and addressed to Utah Militia Major David Moore. The documents discuss the survey of a road through Ogden canyon, the relocation of Ute Indians, and the estate settlement of Isaac Moore.

Dates: 1854
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letters

Brigham Young resolution

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2112
Scope and Contents

Handwritten copybook copy of a resolution. The item was signed by Brigham Young and W. H. Hopper. The document states that the seat of government in Utah should be moved from Fillmore to Salt Lake City due to a lack of facilities in Fillmore.

Dates: 1856
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young resolution

Young Democratic Club of Salt Lake County records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232502051]
Identifier: MSS 7737
Scope and Contents

Collection contains the constitution, meeting minutes, letters, membership rosters, and records of activities, actions, and projects compiled by the Young Democratic Club of Salt Lake County. Materials date from 1931 to 1943.

Dates: 1931-1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Young Democratic Club of Salt Lake County records

Governor Brigham Young proclamation

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340199]
Identifier: MSS 107
Abstract The folder contains a photograph of a printed broadside and a photonegative of the item. Young writes to the "Citizens of Utah" and warns them that an "armed, mercenary mob" is marching against them in 1857. He outlines the Mormons' grievances against the federal government and states that they are being unjustly persecuted. He forbids all armed forces from coming into Utah "under any pretence whatever," orders that the forces of the territory be ready to march "at a moment's notice" to...
Dates: 1857
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Governor Brigham Young proclamation

John M. Young papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1803
Scope and Contents

Account books, receipts, correspondence, certificates, newspaper clippings, genealogies, autograph book, land deeds and indetures, legal writs, photographs, and patriarchal blessings. The materials relate to business and legal activities. Also included are anti-Mormon newspaper clippings from England. Many of the items were produced by Young's sister, Lydia Young Merrill.

Dates: 1860-1933
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John M. Young papers

John W. Young letters

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287702]
Identifier: Vault MSS 238
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters dated 6 April 1874 and 15 Sept. 1887. The 1874 missive is addressed to settlements "southeast of St. George," Utah, and relates to the mission of the the Mormon Church to the Indians of Moencopi. The 1887 letter is addressed to George Alfred Townsend and relates to Townsend's disire to come to the West U.S.

Dates: 1874-1887
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John W. Young letters

John Willard Young legal instrument

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312263]
Identifier: MSS SC 1396
Scope and Contents

Handwritten, signed, and notarized legal answer. The item involves a court case between plaintiff H. S. Millhouse and defendant John H. Young.

Dates: 1878
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Willard Young legal instrument

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