Box 1B
Container
Contains 41 Results:
Death Announcements, 1887 July 26-28
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 39
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
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."
Dates:
1887 July 26-28
John W. Young, 1887 July 27
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 40
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1887 July 27
Albert K. Thurber, 1878 August 15-1887 May 23
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 1
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Albert K. Thurber, president of the Sevier Stake, concerning settlers' relationship with Indians, mission calls and priesthood assignments, and the construction of a wagon road through the Henry Mountains; and a sketch of Thurber's life from the Latter Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia by Andrew Jenson.
Dates:
1878 August 15-1887 May 23
Isaac E. D. Zundell, 1878 February 2-1887 June 6
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 2
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Isaac E. D. Zundell, organizer and bishop of the first all-Indian ward, about missionary work at the Bear River Indian farm at Washakie, Box Elder County, where he presided; his letter requesting supplies from the church, inquiring about temple ordinances for Indians, and reporting a costly fire at the farm, as well as harassment from federal officials; and a sketch of Zundell's life from the Latter Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia by...
Dates:
1878 February 2-1887 June 6
David K. Udall, 1880 June 17-1885 April 25
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 3
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from David K. Udall, leader of the colony at St. Johns, Arizona, explaining social and political persecution from Arizona "gentiles," the morale of the settlers, and development of the community; a letter he wrote after spending five months in prison on polygamy charges and then receiving a presidential pardon; and a sketch of Udall's life from the Latter Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia by Andrew Jenson.
Dates:
1880 June 17-1885 April 25
Richard J. Taylor, 1887 January 25-March 17
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 29
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1887 January 25-March 17
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1885 January 10-1887 May 19
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 31
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1885 January 10-1887 May 19
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1887 April 20-June 6
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 33
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1887 April 20-June 6
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1887 April 13-June 4
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 35
Identifier: A
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...
Dates:
1887 April 13-June 4
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1887 June 14-July 23
File — Box: 1B, Folder: 38
Identifier: A
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...
Dates:
1887 June 14-July 23