First Presidency, Correspondence, 1881-1883

File — Box: 2, Folder: 2

Identifier: I

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

L. John Nuttall, letter to Elder William Adams, 9 January 1882, says: "I am directed to say that the Liquor question is one that requires the best judgment and firmness of all concerned to properly handle and control, as any other one thing among us as a people. And in view of the complications attending the sale of liquors, President [John] Taylor thinks it will be best for your Cooperative Institution to handle it, where, under the wise counsel of the Board of Directors, such safeguards can be thrown around it as will be beneficial. Its sale should be confined, as much as possible, for medicinal purposes only, and then so controlled as not to interfere with the business of the store, to offend the fine feelings of the Sisters, as they shall be doing business there. In no case should any liquor be drunk on the premises."

Dates

1881-1883

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