Correspondence of Heber Bennion

File — Box: 3, Folder: 3

Identifier: II

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The first letter is dated December 13, 1888, in which he says among other things: "Your letters are always appreciated though they are not so scholarly as some others. I just take in the ideas without paying any attention to the spelling, grammar, etc. In fact I suppose there is little room to criticize were I so disposed for I am very careless myself in those matters. You generally tell more about your relatives than all the rest of the family together." The second letter is from Fayette City, Pa., dated February 10, 1889 also to his mother: "We met with a number of our people from Utah in the large cities, all of whom treated us kindly; but there's too much style and formality with most of them to suit me, in so much that I feel better among the country saints or 'common people' as some would call them, Saints who are not ashamed to say Brother so-and-so."

Dates

1844-1949

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