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Petitions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Brigham Young, William Wines Phelps and Willard Richards petition to Congress

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292884]
Identifier: Vault MSS 726
Scope and Contents

Handwritten petition to the Congress of the United States for an appropriation of sixty-thousand dollars for the erection of a territorial prison in Utah. The item is signed by W. W. Phelps, Willard Richards, and Brigham Young. The petition states that the prison is needed because of "multiplied crimes and offenses which demand the retribution of imprisonment."

Dates: 1852
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young, William Wines Phelps and Willard Richards petition to Congress

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