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Philip St. George Cooke letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2285
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter dated 8 March 1886. Cooke responds to a request to give an account his part in the Utah Expedition, 1857-1858, during which a federal army entered Utah. Cooke writes about the march, the wintering at Fort Bridger, Wyoming, the establishing of Camp Floyd, Utah, and about his conversatins with Albert Sidney Johnston, who led the expedition.
Dates:
1886
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Brigham Young letter
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2019
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten letter. The item is dated Sept. 14, 1857 and is addressed to "Major McCullogh" and Lewis Brunson (1831-1888). Brunson was the bishop in Fillmore, Utah for the Mormon Church. Young states that preparations are to be made to deal with the advancing federal troops which were part of the Utah Expedition, 1857-1858. He also outlines the nature of the defense of Utah. In resistance the Utahns would "desolate the Territory" and "waylay our enemies." Young also admonishes...
Dates:
1857
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Brigham Young letter to E. B. Alexander
Item — Folder: 1
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
Governor Brigham Young proclamation
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 107
Overview
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
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