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Land tenure -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Daniel H. Wells deeds for Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288064]
Identifier: Vault MSS 274
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed deeds of conveyance from Wells to Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church. The items confirm that Young owns various lots in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1873-1874
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Daniel H. Wells deeds for Brigham Young

Brigham Young land indenture

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288510]
Identifier: Vault MSS 312
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed land indenture dated 18 April 1873. The item is also signed and notarized. The manuscript documents land held by Brigham Young; his wife, Mary Ann Angel Young; and his son, Willard Young.

Dates: 1873 April 18
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young land indenture

Lease of land

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289849]
Identifier: Vault MSS 405
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed lease agreement. The item is dated 8 April 1872, notarized, and signed. Mils J. Norberg leases a 28 by 75 foot lot in Salt Lake City, Utah, from Brigham Young for $28 per year for five years.

Dates: 1872
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lease of land

Little Cottonwood plot map

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045086]
Identifier: MSS 1019
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten plot map. The item lists the owners of property in the Little Cottonwood Canyon near Salt Lake City, Utah. The item states "Coped from old Plot Sept. 1858 Leo Hawkins."

Dates: 1858
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Little Cottonwood plot map

Robert Pixton letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233286902]
Identifier: Vault MSS 165
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated November 8, 1876, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Pixton writes concerning the sale of land near the ZCMI department store for right of way.

Dates: 1875 November 8
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert Pixton letter

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