Church Business, President-in-Exile, 1886 March 6-October 21

File — Box: 1B, Folder: 14

Identifier: A

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

A letter to John T. Caine, Utah delegate to Congress, requesting efforts to appoint a Mormon as Indian agent for the proposed reservation in San Juan County; correspondence concerning the construction of the Salt Lake Temple; John Taylor's rejection of violence in the struggle with federal authorities; correspondence with Reuben Garten, a non-Mormon academic lecturer who defended the practice of polygamy; and a letter concerning the imprisonment and prosecution of George Q. Cannon, first counselor in the church presidency.

Dates

1886 March 6-October 21

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