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Contains 1 Result:

Sam Riker letter to Brigham Young

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Identifier: Vault MSS 97
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated May 5, 1870, written in Amelia, Ohio, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Riker offers to sell Young a formula for $10,000 in gold for the making of an inexpesive explosive.

Dates: 1870 May 5
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sam Riker letter to Brigham Young

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