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Brigham Young letter to Edward Wheelock Tullidge
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Letter to Edward W. Tullidge from Brigham Young in Salt Lake City. Young writes that he believes Tullidge could do "considerable good by correcting many of the false impressions...respecting us and our doctrines" through his articles, that he has asked Tullidge's wife to sign a bill of divorce, and that some of the southern settlements have suffered from Indian "depredations."
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J. H. Simpson letter to Edward M. Kern and John Kern
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Simpson writes to the Kern brothers regarding a ring worn by the late Richard H. Kern which was turned over to Brigham Young. Simpson gives several recommendations for tracking down the ring.
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Brigham Young letter to Dodd, Brown, & Co
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Letter from Brigham Young to Dodd, Brown, & Co. in St. Louis, written on Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution letterhead. In the letter Young seeks to "refute untruthful rumors in circulation" about the instability of the Mercantile Institution, and writes that while "there are persons in [Salt Lake City] who...seek to injure the Institution's business and...destroy its credit," it is actually a prosperous enterprise and he vouches for its notes and accounts. Young also explains the resignation of a superintendent named Cooper on the grounds of ill health. Enclosed with the letter is a statement of liabilities and assets of the Mercantile Institution for the half-year ending April 1, 1875.
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Brigham Young letter to Joseph A. Young
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Letter to Joseph A. Young from his father Brigham Young in Salt Lake City. Young writes of his approval of Wyoming as an "outfitting point on the Missouri," that Joseph has been "much blessed in [his] railroad contract," of his own trip to Ogden and plans for future travels throughout Utah, a visit to his cotton and woolen factory, and that "Uncle Sam's prospectors on the Bench" are in the mountains looking for gold and silver.
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J. H. Simpson letter to Edward M. Kern
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Simpson informs Kern that had he heard of Kern's plans to return to St. Louis earlier, Simpson would have hired him as an assistant, and sends his regrets. He also writes that Kern should soon receive a congressional copy of the Navajo report.
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Richard H. Kern letter to Augustus Murray Cathcart
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Kern writes that his men have just returned from an expedition "against the Navajoes." He will send Cathcart drawings later in the fall. He requests an extract of Cathcart's journal, and mentions letters of John C. Frémont. Kern would have returned earlier, but he was investigating the murder of one of his men. With cross-hatched note signed "Frémont."
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