Scope and Contents Correspondence from Thomas Taylor, bishop of the Salt Lake Fourteenth Ward and former church migration agent, in which he petitions John Taylor (no relation) for reimbursement of expenses incurred while overseeing migration efforts; a report of his excommunication for homosexuality; his letter to John Taylor pleading for mercy; a sketch of his life and the life of George H. Taylor, who replaced him as Fourteenth Ward bishop, from the Latter Day Saint Biographical...

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Correspondence that includes a letter to A. M. Cannon, president of the Salt Lake Stake, approving George H. Taylor as new bishop of the Fourteenth Ward; and the report of an extended family gathering at the Gardo House to celebrate John Taylor's seventy-eighth birthday.

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Letters from Lucinda Lee Dalton, a Beaver, Utah, school teacher and widowed mother of six, concerning her anxiety about premarital sexual relations between her sister and late husband, the eternal fate of her children, and her desire not to marry again; and a letter from missionaries serving among the "Lamanites" asking about "the propriety of brethren of the mission marrying into the Navajo nation."

Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning financial aspects of various church affairs, including the construction of the Provo Theatre, the defense of Lorenzo Snow before the United States Supreme Court, and the Spanish translation of the Book of Mormon; John Taylor's inquiry to Jack concerning the worthiness of disfellowshipped treasury employee A. M. Musser; and a letter concerning the employment of Andrew J. Jenson to work "properly controlled" in the church...

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A report from the Provo Stake presidency discussing developments in Utah County, including the proposed transfer of Brigham Young Academy property from Young's heirs to the church; a letter from an Indian missionary complaining of mistreatment by his white counterparts; and John Taylor's directive to call more settlers to San Juan County to prevent losing political control to non-Mormons there.

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A letter from Hawaiian King Kalakaua's palace thanking Laie Mormons for courtesies shown on the king's jubilee birthday; a directive ordering payment for the church's purchase of land in Mexico; and a letter from Mahonri M. Steele, first counselor in the Panguitch Stake presidency, asking whether to flee federal marshals.

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Correspondence with LeGrand Young, church attorney, concerning the transfer of church property, including the Salt Lake Theater and the Gardo House, to various wards and stakes in an effort to evade an 1882 federal law restricting churches from owning real property.

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A letter from Edward Stephenson, a new convert who claimed to receive revelation from God and asked Taylor for money from the church to publish his New Book of Modern Revelation; discussions of events at settlements along the Utah-Idaho border; and John Taylor's rejection of a proposal to adopt a Utah constitution prohibiting plural marriage in order to achieve statehood.

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Correspondence with R. J. Taylor, John Taylor's son, concerning the sale of land and property of the Ogden Tithing Yard; and a copy of R. J. Taylor's March 17, 1905, obituary from the Deseret News.

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Correspondence that includes letters from a Salt Lake Theater box attendant reporting nepotism among his fellow employees; and a newlywed young woman complaining of her polygamous husband's abuse.

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A letter from Thomas S. Terry, bishop of the Hebron Ward, asking for tithing money for flood damage reparations; discussion of possible settlement in Canada; one member's list of questions concerning "unpleasant" sin; and Z.C.M.I. business affairs.

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A series of numbered written letters signed by John Taylor that pertain to daily church business and administration, including a letter concerning the attempt of federal authorities to confiscate the Bullion Beck Mine; announcement of a planned visit by Hawaiian Queen Kapiolani to Salt Lake City; and a John Taylor's denial of the request for tithing funds for general upkeep of the Logan tabernacle.

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A letter to church attorney Franklin S. Richards from George Q. Cannon, first counselor in the church presidency, stating John Taylor discontinued cohabitation with any of his wives following passage of the Edmund-Tucker Act and justifying his exile; John Taylor's postponement of a Mexican land purchase; and discussion of laying railroad through Navajo Indian territory.

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John Taylor's refusals to discontinue the practice of polygamy; a discussion of administrative changes in Arizona settlements and encouraging further colonization; Tabernacle Choir accompanist Willard E. Weihe's petition for assistance in buying a violin; and a letter granting permission to James E. Talmage, Brigham Young Academy professor, to carry out studies in the eastern United States.

Scope and Contents Correspondence that includes patents and claims of the Emma Mine; a subsidy for the purchase of a violin to be used for church services; John Taylor's declension to investigate colonization in Peru; a letter encouraging Mormon business owners to pressure eastern firms into influencing Congress; correspondence with the Mormon delegation sent to New York to gain eastern support; a letter concerning the discovery of red pine timber in Woodruff Canyon for...

Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding payment to Salt Lake Temple construction workers, enrollment at Brigham Young Academy, progress of the Logan and Smithfield Canal Company, and the settlement of new converts in Colorado; letters to mission presidents Helaman Pratt and William King, and exiled apostles Wilford Woodruff, Erastus Snow, George Teasdale, and Brigham Young, Jr. , concerning political developments in Utah; and discussion of the church's $6,600 settlement with excommunicated apostle Albert...

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Correspondence from John R. Winder, second counselor in the church, presiding bishopric, and former Salt Lake City tax assessor and collector, concerning Utah liquor sales and celebratory events; and a sketch of his life from the Latter Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia by Andrew Jenson.

Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning administrative changes in northeastern Arizona; a letter to John W. Young, who was on a church assignment in New York City, asking for an accounting of money sent to him as a prerequisite to sending more; letters marked "confidential" to apostles Francis M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, Wilford Woodruff, Erastus Snow, Moses Thatcher, and Brigham Young, Jr., from George Q. Cannon, informing them of John Taylor's poor health; a letter condemning private use of church-owned...

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Telegrams from John Taylor's counselors, George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith, of the president's death on July 25, 1887, "from causes induced by the inhuman persecutions to which he has been subjected during the last two years and a half."

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A lengthy letter from John W. Young, on an assignment in New York City to rally support for the Mormon cause, explaining the political climate and the North American Exchange Company, established to give him more credibility.