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Show th Great Salt Lake City, April 15 1853 To His Excellency, Brigham Young, Superintendent of Indian Affairs Utah Territory Sir, The Undersigned, Thomas C. Ivie living in Provo City Utah County, Territory of Utah, being desirious of trading with the Utah tribe of Indians within the boundaries of the country occupied by said Tribes; or elsewhere in said Territory do hereby respectfully solicit of yourrExcellency the privilege of a license to trade with them; and I also wish the name of William Franklin Ivie, who is also living in said city of Provo to be named in said license as my clerk and assistant, and am willing to faithfully observe all the laws and regulations made, or which shall be made for the government of trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes. And your petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray- Thomas C. Ivie |