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Letters

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Orson Pratt letter to Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287132]
Identifier: Vault MSS 183
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 4 Sept. 1845, and addressed to Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church. Pratt writes from New York City describing the contition of the Mormon Church in the eastern United States. The item was published in the Brigham Young University Friends of the Library Series.

Dates: 1845 September 4
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Orson Pratt letter to Brigham Young

Katharine Smith Salisbury correspondence

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321272]
Identifier: MSS SC 2287
Scope and Contents

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."

Dates: 1853-1879
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Katharine Smith Salisbury correspondence

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