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Brigham Young letter to the United Order of Monroe

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7471
Abstract

The letter, written by Brigham Young in 1877, is a response to the Board of the United Order after William A. Warnock, the secretary of the organization, contacted Brigham Young.

Dates: 1877 February 15

Brigham Young letter to Thomas L. Kane

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 144
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and unsigned draft of a letter, dated May 6, 1873, and addressed to Thomas Leiper Kane. Young writes to Kane with advice relating to Kane's estate.

Dates: 1873 May 6

Brigham Young letter to William L. Marcy

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 815
Scope and Contents Contains photocopies of two handwritten and signed letters dated December 17, 1845 and addressed to William L. Marcy, Secretary of War for the United States. The two items are identical in content, but one appears to be a rough draft of the other. Young petitions the federal government for funds to aid in the westward migration of Mormons from Nauvoo, Illinois, with Vancouver Island as a possible destination. Young requests money to build block houses and stockades on the Oregon Trail and...
Dates: 1845 December 17

Brigham Young letters

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 890
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photocopies of typescripts of the original documents. These letters were written by Young to Horace S. Eldredge, a prominent Mormon Church leader and businessman. The items express Young's opinions on church finances and policies and Utah political issues.

Dates: 1857-1859

Brigham Young letters

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 723
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters dated 1854 and addressed to Utah Militia Major David Moore. The documents discuss the survey of a road through Ogden canyon, the relocation of Ute Indians, and the estate settlement of Isaac Moore.

Dates: 1854

Brigham Young letters

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 409
Scope and Contents

Includes sixteen handwritten and signed letters addressed to officials of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, including Thomas Clark Durant, C. L. Frost, and S. B Reed. Young writes about his role as a contractor for the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad through Utah. Photocopies of items also included in collection.

Dates: 1863-1870

Brigham Young letters

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 289
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of two handwritten letters with a microfiche copy. The second of the two letters was started on the same page as the first. The items were dated 20 April and 4 May 1847. Young writes to his wife, Mary Ann Angell Young, while she was in Winter Quarters, Nebraska. Young informs Mary about his experiences while on the initial trek of Mormon pioneers to Utah.

Dates: 1847

Brigham Young letters to Appleton Milo Harmon

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 268
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters, dated 4 July and 15 Aug. 1866, and addressed to Appleton Milo Harmon of Washington, Utah. Young writes about the cotton factory in Washington.

Dates: 1866

Brigham Young letters to Brigham Morris Young

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 560
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten letters addressed to Young's son, Brigham Morris Young (1854-1931), while serving on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii. Brigham Young writes about the Church's activities in Utah including the progress on the St. George Temple, Young's inspiration to start the United Order, his trip to St. George, Utah, and numerous conferences and meetings.

Dates: 1873-1874

Brigham Young letters to Harriet Elizabeth Cook Campbell Young

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 576
Scope and Contents

Photographs of handwritten letters addressed to "Hariot Cook," "my dear wife." The items were written when Young was in Iowa moving west as leader of the Mormons. Young urges Cook, who was still in Nauvoo, Illinois, to join him in Iowa.

Dates: 1846

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Taylor, John, 1808-1887 4
Utah Expedition (1857-1858) 4
Reynolds, George, 1842-1909 3
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Smith, George Albert, 1817-1875 3
Snow, Erastus Fairbanks, 1818-1888 3
Wells, Daniel H. (Daniel Hanmer), 1814-1891 3
Woodruff, Wilford, 1807-1898 3
Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution 3
Brunson, Lewis, 1831-1888 2
Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861 2
Kane, Thomas L. (Thomas Leiper), 1822-1883 2
Kimball, Heber C. (Heber Chase), 1801-1868 2
Moore, Stephen Bliss, 1836-1894 2
Price, William E., active 1871 2
Richards, Willard, 1804-1854 2
Salt Lake Temple 2
Salt Lake Theatre 2
Smith family 2
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 2
Snow, Lorenzo, 1814-1901 2
Tanner, George S. 2
Union Pacific Railroad Company 2
Young, Brigham, 1836-1903 2
Young, Harriet Elizabeth Cook Campbell, 1824-1898 2
Young, John W. (John Willard), 1844-1924 2
Young, Willard, 1852-1936 2
Adams, John, 1786-1856 1
Allen, Rufus C., 1827- 1
Allen, William C., 1843-1926 1
Anderson, William J. 1
Andrew, Elizabeth Whitaker, 1822-1894 1
Atwood, Simeon 1
Ball, Robert, active 1855 1
Banks, Mary Moors 1
Bleak, James G. (James Godson), 1829-1918 1
Brannan, Sam, 1819-1889 1
Brigham Young University 1
Brodie, Fawn McKay, 1915-1981 1
Bullock, Thomas, 1816-1885 1
Burton, James 1
Bushman, John, 1843-1926 1
Butterworth, Nancy Whitaker, 1820-1891 1
Callister, Thomas 1
Canfield, Rose (Rosalthe), 1841-1931 1
Chetlain, Annie M. 1
Chetlain, Augustus L. (Augustus Louis), 1824-1914 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nineteenth Ward (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1
Church of Zion 1
Clark, Isaac 1
Clawson, H. B. (Hiram B.) 1
Conk, John T. 1
Conway, Elias Nelson 1
Cook, Phineas Wolcott, 1819-1900 1
Cooper, Eliza 1
Corey, J. W. 1
Cropper, James, 1823-1900 1
Curtis, Margaret 1
Deseret Manufacturing Company 1
Deseret Museum 1
Diggle family 1
Diggle, Mary 1
Diggle, Samuel, 1829-1901 1
Diggle, Sarah Whitaker, 1827-1895 1
Diggle, William 1
Dixon, Henry Aldous, 1835-1884 1
Dodge, W. Sumner 1
Dominis, John 1
Dominis, John O. 1
Durant, Thomas Clark 1
Eastham, John 1
Edward Martin Emigrating Company 1
Egan, Howard, 1815-1878 1
Eldredge, Horace S. (Horace Sunderlin), 1816-1888 1
Everet, John 1
Fish, Joseph, 1840-1926 1
Frodsham, Amelia M 1
Gardiner, Augusta 1
Gibbs, George F. 1
Goffe, Theodore A. 1
Grant, Jedediah M. 1
Great Western Iron Mining and Manufacturing Company 1
Green, William H. 1
Greene, B. B. 1
Grow, Almerin, 1816-1908 1
Hansen, Peter 1
Harmon, Appleton Milo, 1820-1877 1
Harrison, John, -1858 1
Hart, James H., 1825-1906 1
Heywood, Joseph Leland, 1815-1910 1
Hickman, William Adams, 1815-1883 1
Hinkley, Ira 1
Hooper, W. H. (William Henry), 1813-1882 1
Iodo-Magnesian Spring Company 1
James G. Willie Emigrating Company 1
Johnson, William Dydamous, 1833-1910 1
Jones, Dan, 1810-1862 1
Kesler, Frederick, 1816-1899 1
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