Handwritten and printed commission authorizing George Robert Bird to be a minister and missionary for the Presbyterian Church in the Sandy and American Fork areas of Utah. The item also stipulates the duties, regulations, and salary of the commission.

This collection contains thirty-nine letters written to and by John M. Cannon, a Salt Lake City attorney. There are business letters and personal correspondence. The business letters deal mainly with business: mining, ranching, buying and selling of farm land, closing of bank accounts, etc. The contents of the collection span the years between 1893 and 1914 and are arranged chronologically.