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Utah -- History -- 1869-1896 -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

John Brown autobiography and four letters received

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 945
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of Brown's autobiography. Also includes four original letters, one from Augusta Winters Grant, wife of Pres. Grant; and a Relief Society Financial Report for 1892.

Dates: 1892-1913
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Brown autobiography and four letters received

George Q. Cannon letter to Wilford Woodruff

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233293122]
Identifier: Vault MSS 743
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter to Wilford Woodruff written from the House of Representatives in Washington D.C. The item expresses Cannon's concern about a bill before Congress that would "Bind the Mormon people hand and foot" in order to "dispose of them" Cannon argues for constitutional rights for the Mormons, self-government in Utah, and victory in the "war against us."

Dates: 1876
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Q. Cannon letter to Wilford Woodruff

Wilford Woodruff letter

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1376
Scope and Contents

Typed and signed letter addressed to the Weber Stake of the Mormon Church in Utah. The item gives instructions for the forming of a "Board of Education" and a "Stake Academy" in each stake of the church to provide affordable education that will teach the "principles of salvation."

Dates: 1888
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wilford Woodruff letter

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