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Box 15

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Contains 80 Results:

Life of Brigham Young, or Utah and her founders : by Edward W. Tullidge, date of production not identified

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 14
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Typescript draft of a book by Edward W. Tullidge containing six chapters.

Dates: Majority of material found within date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Brigham Young correspondence and other material / Brigham Young will and other material

Brigham Young family record, 1873 May 20

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 15
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 4 Item 2
Scope and Contents

List of all the wives and children of Young considered by him to be legitimate, drawn up by John Young and given to Thomas L. Kane.

Dates: 1873 May 20
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Brigham Young correspondence and other material / Brigham Young will and other material

Memorandum of interview with H. G. Clay, after 1873 May 27

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 15
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 4 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Report of getting H. G. Clay to act as junior counsel for Brigham Young with Thomas L. Kane as senior, tells how they are going to separate Young's interests from the Church, interview took place on May 27, 1873, also gives opinions of Eli K. Price, counsel for the Church, signed by Brigham Young, Jr.

Dates: after 1873 May 27
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Brigham Young correspondence and other material / Brigham Young will and other material

Letters dealing with Brigham Young will, 1878 March 20

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 15
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 4 File 5
Scope and Contents Legal document dealing with Brigham Young’s will, lists steps taken by different parties: George Q. Cannon, Brigham Young, Jr., and Thomas L. Kane, 2 pp., date of production not identified. Also includes holograph letter from Williams and Young, Attorneys-at-Law, Salt Lake, to Cannon, they have been hired by some of Young’s heirs, they give their ideas of how equality among the heirs can be accomplished, some [water?] damage to the letter, 5 pp., dated 20 March 1878. Also includes a...
Dates: 1878 March 20
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Brigham Young correspondence and other material / Brigham Young will and other material

Charles S. Larrabee cipher, letter, and telegraph code, 1871

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 16
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 4 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Book containing intructions for encoding and decoding a message, published in New York by D. Van Nostrand, 1871.

Dates: 1871
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Brigham Young correspondence and other material / Brigham Young will and other material

Brigham Young handkerchief, approximately 1850-1877

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 16
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 4 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Brigham Young handkerchief. Date of production not identified.

Dates: Majority of material found within approximately 1850-1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Brigham Young correspondence and other material / Brigham Young will and other material

Brigham Young correspondence with Indian leaders, 1853-1858

 Sub-Series — Box: 15
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between Brigham Young and various Native American leaders, including those from the Ute, Shoshone, and Paiute tribes. The letters discuss trade and relations between Indians and white settlers in Utah. Materials date between 1853 and 1858.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1853-1858
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Brigham Young correspondence and other material

George Q. Cannon letter to Thomas L. Kane, 1859 February

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 17
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 8 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Letter from Cannon in Philadelphia to Kane at Fern Rock; the man he had business with went to Pittsburgh, talked with the man's assistant, but he doesn't trust him, Dr. Johnson's plan of obtaining a "good chop" cheaply is applicable to the present case.

Dates: 1859 February
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Thomas L. Kane correspondence with George Q. Cannon

Brigham Young letter to Thomas L. Kane, 1846 August 2

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young written by Willard Richards at the Camp of Israel to Kane at Omaha, Nebraska, saying that the saints have decided to winter near the Missouri River, he received a message from the Mormon Battalion, inviting Kane to the camp if he has time. Dated August 2, 1846.

Dates: 1846 August 2
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Brigham Young correspondence and other material / Brigham Young correspondence with Thomas L. Kane

Brigham Young letter to Thomas L. Kane, 1848 May 9

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Letter written Brigham Young Willard Richards; letter of introduction for Orson Pratt; they soon plan to leave, dated May 9, 1848.

Dates: 1848 May 9
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Brigham Young correspondence and other material / Brigham Young correspondence with Thomas L. Kane

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