Six letters concerning the furnishing of telegraph poles

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Title Six letters concerning the furnishing of telegraph poles
Alternative Title 0120_02_17
Creator Street, James
Contributor Little, Feramorz, 1820-1887; Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Cooley, John W.; Jennings, William
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1861-07-29; 1861-10-24; 1867-05-23
Temporal Coverage July 29, 1861; Ocotber 24, 1861; May 23, 1867
Date Digital 2013-04-26
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah); Fairfield (Utah); San Francisco (Calif.); Fort Crittenden (Utah)
Subject Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History; Utah--History; Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Correspondence; Telegraph--Equipment and supplies
Description July 29, 1861 - Great Salt Lake City from; Street, James, to Feramorz Little; Request for Little to come to town at once to close the bargain concerning telegraph pole business; July 29, 1861 - Fairfield, Utah Territory, Jennings, William, and Cooley, John W., to Messrs. Little and Decker, concerning arrangements for furnishing telegraph poles. July 29, 1861; Street, James, and Little, Feramorz, Agreement between Street and Little concerning furnishing telegraph poles from Fort Crittenden in Cedar County, Utah. Notation on side dated October 31, 1861, states sum of $11,567 has been received in full for 3,556 telegraph poles, signed by David O. Calder; October 24, 1861 - James Street to Brigham Young; Telegraph line now working through to California and invites Young to send first message; May 23, 1867 - San Francisco, California, to Salt Lake City; Ladd, George S., to Brigham Young; California State Telegraph Company has leased their lines to Western Union and wishes to close the old company accounts
Collection Number and Name MS0120 Philip T. Blair Family Papers
Type Text
Genre Correspondence
Format application/pdf
Language eng
Rights
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Scanning Technician Niko Amaya;Tim Arnold; Halima Noor; Ceder Gonzalez
File Name 0120_02_17.pdf
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pg1w88
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