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Overland journeys to the Pacific

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Brigham Young letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237809]
Identifier: MSS SC 736
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter, dated 15 April 1845, and addressed to the United States Senator from Illinois, Stephen Arnold Douglas. Young writes to Douglas trying to secure mail contracts for the Mormon Church and requests that stockades be build on the trails in the American West. Also included is a letter from George Miller to Douglas on the same topics.

Dates: 1845
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letter

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