Latter Day Saints -- Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
Brigham Young letter to James Burton
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287504]
Identifier: Vault MSS 222
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 17 April 1858, and addressed to James Burton, a teamster. Young gives Burton a pass to go safely through southern Utah on his way to California.
Dates:
1858 April 17
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