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Letter from Thomas L. Smith to Brigham Young, June 15, 1849

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Title Letter from Thomas L. Smith to Brigham Young, June 15, 1849
Subject Salt Lake City (Utah); Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Latter Day Saints; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; White people--Relations with Indians; Horses; Robes; Hides and skins; Indigenous peoples--North America
Keywords Mormon settlement; Trading; Native Americans
Publisher Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
File Name Brigham Young Office Files Reel 31 Box 21 Folder 17
Tribe Ute
Collection Name CR1234 1
Source The Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Language eng
Description This is a letter from Thomas L. Smith responded to a letter from Brigham Young asking about trading practices in Bear River. In this letter, Thomas L. Smith explained the costs of the items he sold, as well as the different items that he traded for. According to Smith, a trader exchaned items with an Indian and Smith assumed that he did this because he was afraid that "the Valley people would go and trade with the Utes."
Type Text
Coverage Utah
Format application/pdf
Rights Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the Church History Library for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
ARK ark:/87278/s6k101mm
Holding Institution The Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Creator Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
Date 1849-06-15
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah); Bear River (Utah-Idaho)
Setname uaida_main
ID 390451
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k101mm
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