Latter Day Saints -- Correspondence
Found in 227 Collections and/or Records:
Brigham Young letter
Photocopy of a handwritten letter dated April 12, 1867 and a newspaper clipping dated July 17, 1958. In the letter Brigham Young calls Ira Hinkley to settle Cove Creek and to build a fort there. The building is known as Cove Fort. The newspaper clipping shows a photograph of the fort.
Brigham Young letter
Typewritten copy of a letter dated April 10, 1861 and addressed to Thomas Callister of Fillmore, Utah. Young appoints Callister as bishop of the Fillmore Ward and gives him instruction and advice.
Brigham Young letter to Andrew S. Siler
Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter dated December 1, 1854 and addressed to Andrew S. Siler in St. Louis, Missouri. Young offers encouragement to Siler, who was serving on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Brigham Young letter to Dan Jones
Handwritten and signed letter dated March 15, 1861 and addressed to Dan Jones. The item expresses condolences on Jones' recent bereavement and tells him not to worry about his present financial obligations to the Church.
Brigham Young letter to E. B. Alexander
Letter, handwritten and signed "Brigham Young" by a scribe, addressed to Col. E.B. Alexander, commander of the 5th and 10th United States infantry regiments during the Utah Expedition. The letter is dated October 7, 1857 and was sent with two copies of the Deseret News in an attempt to "enliven the monotonous routine of camp life."
Brigham Young letter to George Q. Cannon
Brigham Young letter to George Reynolds
Handwritten and signed letter in pencil, dated 5 Nov. 1876, and addressed to George Reynolds, an apostle in the Mormon Church. Young writes from Beaver, Utah, about business matters.
Brigham Young letter to H. B. Clawson
Photocopy of a handwritten letter dated February 4, 1873 and addressed to H. B. Clawson. Young writes that a Mr. "Loughery" is not his agent and cannot pay the man's bills. Young also states that "The Company" is "Perfectly able to raise all the money they need to git machienry" for a project in Provo, Utah.
Brigham Young letter to Harriet Elizabeth Cook Campbell Young
Handwritten and signed letter dated March 25, 1846 and addressed to Harriet Cook Young, one of Brigham Young's wives. Brigham Young writes about the prospects of the Mormons migrating to the West.
Brigham Young letter to J. William Anderson
Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter, dated November 7, 1864, and addressed to J. William Anderson of Newburgh, New York. Young writes to tell Anderson where he could acquire books that explain Mormon beliefs.