Correspondence

File — Box: 7, Folder: 11

Identifier: III

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Relatives to Nellie Thatcher Blair
Correspondence from a cousin Sel, who is visiting in St. George telling Nellie how grandpa (Brigham Young) named St. George after George Albert Smith when he was passing through on his way to Price City. Brigham Young said, "Brethern we will yet see a city there with domes and spires." The prophecy had come to pass as noted that the tabernacle, temple, and court house all had domes or spires. A nephew, Edmund, writes from his mission in Germany. Other family correspondence.

Dates

1836-1968

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