Box 1B
Container
Contains 41 Results:
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1886 November 5-30
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 24
Identifier: A
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...
Dates:
1886 November 5-30
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1886 November 30-1887 January 18
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 25
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1886 November 30-1887 January 18
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1886 December 1-1887 January 31
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 26
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1886 December 1-1887 January 31
LeGrand Young, 1887 January 13-March 5
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 27
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1887 January 13-March 5
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1881 August 26-1887 February 19
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 28
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1881 August 26-1887 February 19
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1886 December 16-1887 March 4
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 30
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1886 December 16-1887 March 4
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1887 March 29-April 28
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 32
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1887 March 29-April 28
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1887 May 2-17
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 34
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1887 May 2-17
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1887 March 22-June 20
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 36
Identifier: A
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...
Dates:
1887 March 22-June 20
John R. Winder, 1886-1887 June 23
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 37
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1886-1887 June 23