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Instructions to re-employ Joseph H. Evans as blacksmith following his mission and prison sentence; and discussion concerning the sale of church-owned land in Nebraska, and transfer of church property to local hands to prevent confiscation by federal authorities.

Scope and Contents A letter from Hawaiian King Kalakaua's palace thanking Laie Mormons for courtesies shown on the king's jubilee birthday; J. C. Sandberg's plea for assistance in maintaining the failing Great Western Match Company; a request from Fred Labouron, United States surveyor general, to establish a meridian on Temple Square and make observations there; and discussion of sending missionaries among New Mexico Indians, hardships on the residents of Hebron due to destructive flood waters, and water...

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Correspondence with Will D. Southworth concerning the proposed sale of Mexican land to the church; several letters from people wishing to join the church; a letter from Escalante Bishop Andrew P. Schow concerning a proposed road from Escalante to San Juan; and Chicago physician George Schloetzer's offer of the capstone from the late John D. Lee's Nauvoo home.

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Raymond Taylor's initial agreement with Sam Weller, owner of Zion Bookstore, to begin distribution of Family Kingdom; Raymond's report to Samuel Taylor concerning the agreement; and a flier for Raymond Taylor's "fireside" address about John Taylor.

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Correspondence that includes letters concerning financial claims against the church by some members.

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A letter to missionaries serving among the Comanche Indians from federal Indian agent J. M. Hawith, denying them permission to preach because Mormon teachings conflict with the law; a letter from William Hawk, asking permission to leave his United Order settlement; and report of a Indian raid threats in Ashley's Fork.

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Correspondence concerning a proposed Mormon settlement in Hawaii; a copy of the article about John Taylor in the London Daily News; the report of an influential eastern lawyer willing to defend Mormon polygamists in upcoming trials; the suggestion to establish a school for the deaf in Utah; an offer to establish Mormon colonies in Lincoln County, New Mexico; and an inquiry about bounty land promised to veterans of the Utah War.

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Correspondence that includes a lengthy letter from H. J. Moor, an American businessman in Samoa who tried to negotiate a Mormon settlement there; a solicitation for missionary travel business from E. A. Mudgett, general agent of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company; and discussion of whether Utah furnished troops for the Union during the United States Civil War.

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Correspondence that includes several letters from non-Mormons asking for membership in the church; and an invitation to the opening ceremonies of Liberty Park sent by Salt Lake City Mayor William Jennings.

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Letters from Nephi resident Hannah T. Grover about the temple ordinances for her family; and a lengthy report from N. J. Gronlund, a missionary serving in New Zealand, complaining of elders who had "lost the aim and object of their mission."