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Michael Ranger-Jones letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1183
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter composed on May 20, 1850 near the upper crossing of the Platte River. This item was addressed to his wife while he was traveling to the gold fields of California. It describes traveling along the Oregon Trail.
Dates:
1850 May 20
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections