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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Henry Martin Tanner letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305101]
Identifier: MSS SC 765
Scope and Contents

Two handwritten letters to Ammon Tenney describing the condition of the crops that season, availability of water, and the general health of the community of Joseph City. Tanner also offers Tenney words of consolation and comfort as Tenney is passing through a period of great difficulty in his life.

Dates: 1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Henry Martin Tanner letters

Ammon M. Tenney papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305614]
Identifier: MSS SC 800
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typescript. Includes a number of letters written to Tenney by such people as Brigham Young (1801-1877), Wilford Woodruff (1807-1898), and John W. Young (1844-1924) concerning the purchase of land at St. Johns, Arizona, for Mormon settlement, missionary work among the Indians, and obtaining work for Mormon settlers by bidding on raliroad contracts. Some of Tenney's replies are also included. Folder also includes typescript copy of Tenney's journal for 1875-1876.

Dates: 1874-1889
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ammon M. Tenney papers

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