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Register of the Brigham Young Papers,

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Title: Brigham Young Papers
Dates: 1857-1877 (inclusive)
Collection Number: Mss B 93
Summary: Copies of his Office Journal, correspondence and will. Journal entries date from January 1858 to January 1860. Correspondence is outgoing to such names as Horace S. Eldredge, J.W. Coward, Alfred Cumming, Charles C. Rich, Albert Carrington, Newel K. Whitney. Includes also a copy of the will and various other items.
Repository: Utah State Historical Society

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Box Folder Contents
box , folder : Transcripts, correspondence, etc.
box 1, folder 1 : Transcripts of office journal, 28 December 1857 - 8 January 1860 [Topics discussed include working for Gentiles, apostasy, granting divorces, abilities of Stephen A. Douglas, conversations about statehood for Utah, Indians]
box 1, folder 2 : Correspondence
box 1, folder 2 1: To Horace S. Eldredge [25 letters]; to Elder J. W. Coward [3 letters]; to Col. Albert Sidney Johnston [1 letter] [topics include difficulties in Utah, irregular mail service, and church business affairs in St. Louis]
box 1, folder 2 2: To First Presidency from William M. Waddoups, Hawaiian Mission President, 1929 [copy]; letter from Brigham Young to King Kamehameha V, 24 March 1863 [transmitting copy]
box 1, folder 2 3: Letter from Brigham Young to King Kamehameha V, 24 March 1863 [original of letter in file 2] [concerns the arrival of F. O. Hammond to set up a mission in Hawaii]
box 1, folder 3 : Brigham Young correspondence to J. C. Little, Governor Alfred Cumming, Oscar B. Young, C. C. Rich, Albert Carrington, Newell K. Whitney, and others [includes photostatic copies and several proclamations--WPA copies]
box 1, folder 4 : Mabel Y. Sanborn, "Personal Recollections of Brigham Young;" recollections of Brigham Young by one of his daughters
box 1, folder 5 : Letter to Meyer Bros. & Co. (St. Louis, Missouri), 27 March 1877 [refers satirically to a letter sent by this firm to ZCMI requesting business on a cash-only basis] [photo static copy]
box 1, folder 6 : Will and proclamation
box 1, folder 6 1: Will of Brigham Young, 24 pp.
box 1, folder 6 2: Proclamation announcing the arrival of Johnston's army, 5 August 1857 [photocopy]

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Copies of his Office Journal, correspondence and will. Journal entries date from January 1858 to January 1860. Correspondence is outgoing to such names as Horace S. Eldredge, J.W. Coward, Alfred Cumming, Charles C. Rich, Albert Carrington, Newel K. Whitney. Includes also a copy of the will and various other items.

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Creator:

Young Brigham, 1801-1877.

Language:

English.

Sponsor:

Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Quantity:

1 box (1.5 linear ft.)

Language of the Finding Aid:

Finding aid written in Englishin Latin script

EAD Creation Date:

1999.