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Letter from Brigham Young to William J. Cop dated December 4, 1857

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Title Letter from Brigham Young to William J. Cop dated December 4, 1857
Subject Salt Lake City (Utah); White people--Relations with Indians; Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Latter Day Saints; Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857; California; Saint George (Utah); Indigenous peoples--North America
Keywords California, Winter Quarters; Mountain Meadows Massacre; Fort Bridger; Native Americans
Publisher Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Tribe Paiute
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 to William J. Cop, a Mormon settler living in California. In the letter, Brigham Young addressed several different issues, including the conditions of settlers in San Bernadino, CA, the arrival of alleged Mormon persecuters at Winter Quarters, and the events of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Young encouraged Cop to remain in California, and if forced to sell property, to do so only if they recieved market value, or close to it. Young discussed reports that Mormon "enemies" had reached Winter Quarters, but that it did not appear that they would continue to Utah. He then discussed the Mountain Meadows Massacre. He concluded the letter with a warning to the editors of the periodical the Los Angelas Star who seem to have written an article about the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Brigham Young tells Cop to inform the editors to get their facts about the incident straight if they intend to write any additional articles.
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/s68p8wtf
Holding Institution The Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Creator Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
Date 1857-12-04
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah); San Bernardino (California); Cedar City (Utah); Saint George (Utah); Fort Bridger (Wyo.)
Setname uaida_main
ID 390154
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68p8wtf
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