Letters
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Salisbury family correspondence, 1850-1979
Series contains correspondence of the Salisbury family, dating from 1850 to 1979. Includes correspondence from Katharine Smith Salisbury, Don Carlos Salisbury and family, George Albert Smith and family, and others. Don Carlos Salisbury includes 32 letters about his service during the Civul War.
Salisbury family papers
This collection contains materials of Katharine Smith Salisbury, sister of Joseph Smith, Jr., and of her family, especially of her son, Don C. Salisbury, and his descendants. The materials include photographs, letters, sheet music, and restoration project papers.
Katharine Smith Salisbury correspondence
Photocopies of handwritten letters and typed copies of correspondence. Salisbury writes to the Mormon Church leaders Brigham Young (1801-1877), Orson Pratt (1811-1881), and John Taylor (1808-1887) requesting funds. One letter in the collection is from Brigham Young. Two of the items were written by Salisbury to her "Dear Sister" (probably her sister-in-law, Samantha) in 1853 and 1854 lamenting the death of a family member, "Jenkins."