b0093 Brigham Young Papers, 1857-1877 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 1999 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 1999. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss B 93 Young Brigham, 1801-1877. Brigham Young Papers, 1857-1877 1.5 lin. ft. (1 box) Copies of his Office Journal, correspondence and will. Journal entries date from January 1858 to January 1860. Correspondence is outgoing to such names as Horace S. Eldredge, J.W. Coward, Alfred Cumming, Charles C. Rich, Albert Carrington, Newel K. Whitney. Includes also a copy of the will and various other items. Topics: Utah Expedition, 1857-1858. Persons: Carrington, Albert. Cumming, Alfred. Eldredge, Horace S. Rich, Charles Coulson, 1809-1883. Whitney, Newel Kimball, 1795-1850. Form or Genre: Diaries. Wills. Background Background Note

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Copies of his Office Journal, correspondence and will. Journal entries date from January 1858 to January 1860. Correspondence is outgoing to such names as Horace S. Eldredge, J.W. Coward, Alfred Cumming, Charles C. Rich, Albert Carrington, Newel K. Whitney. Includes also a copy of the will and various other items.

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Brigham Young Papers, 1857-1877, Utah State Historical Society.

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Processing Information: Collection processed by staff Finding aid compiled by staff Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000 Collection cataloged by Richard Saunders, 1988 (RLIN ID: UTSX88-A138). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000. Container list Box Folder Contents Transcripts, correspondence, etc. 1 1 Transcripts of office journal, 28 December 1857 - 8 January 1860 [Topics discussed include working for Gentiles, apostasy, granting divorces, abilities of Stephen A. Douglas, conversations about statehood for Utah, Indians] 1 2 Correspondence 1 2 1 To Horace S. Eldredge [25 letters]; to Elder J. W. Coward [3 letters]; to Col. Albert Sidney Johnston [1 letter] [topics include difficulties in Utah, irregular mail service, and church business affairs in St. Louis] 1 2 2 To First Presidency from William M. Waddoups, Hawaiian Mission President, 1929 [copy]; letter from Brigham Young to King Kamehameha V, 24 March 1863 [transmitting copy] 1 2 3 Letter from Brigham Young to King Kamehameha V, 24 March 1863 [original of letter in file 2] [concerns the arrival of F. O. Hammond to set up a mission in Hawaii] 1 3 Brigham Young correspondence to J. C. Little, Governor Alfred Cumming, Oscar B. Young, C. C. Rich, Albert Carrington, Newell K. Whitney, and others [includes photostatic copies and several proclamations--WPA copies] 1 4 Mabel Y. Sanborn, "Personal Recollections of Brigham Young;" recollections of Brigham Young by one of his daughters 1 5 Letter to Meyer Bros. & Co. (St. Louis, Missouri), 27 March 1877 [refers satirically to a letter sent by this firm to ZCMI requesting business on a cash-only basis] [photo static copy] 1 6 Will and proclamation 1 6 1 Will of Brigham Young, 24 pp. 1 6 2 Proclamation announcing the arrival of Johnston's army, 5 August 1857 [photocopy]