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Brigham Young deed of sale to Fanny Young Thatcher for a lot in Salt Lake City
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Settlement with the Church for claim against the estate of Brigham Young
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Document of a settlement between the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the "wives, heirs, and legates" of the Brigham Young estate. Signed by Mary Ann Angell Young, Eliza Roxcy Snow Young, Brigham Young, Jr., Fanny C. Thatcher, Augusta Adams Young, John W. Young, Harriet B. Young, and others.
mssHM 30696
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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.
mssHM 23244
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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."
mssHM 17480
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Document appointing Elias Smith as Chief Justice of Great Salt Lake County
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Printed document appointing Elias Smith as Chief Justice of Great Salt Lake County, signed by Brigham Young as the Governor of the Territory of Utah.
mssHM 27997
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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.
mssHM 27512
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Brigham Young letter to Charles Slaughter Morehead
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Letter to Charles Slaughter Morehead thanking him for sending two volumes of the acts of the General Assembly of the State. Signed by Brigham Young.
mssHM 20437