Church Business--Presiding Apostle, 1978 February 14-March 18

File — Box: 2A, Folder: 11

Identifier: A

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

A letter instructing Daniel W. Jones to organize California Mormons into branches and informing him that Joseph Smith's original revised Bible was in the hands of Joseph Smith III, president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; discussion of anti-Mormon sentiment in the United States court system; lengthy letters to George Q. Cannon in Washington, D.C., discussing secret ballot voting in Utah, the territory's appointed cadet to West Point Academy, the settlement of Brigham Young's estate, and the departure of former Utah Gov. George W. Emery; discussion of the breakup of the United Order in Sevier County and Daniel Tyler's history of the Mormon Battalion; and John Taylor's denial that John D. Lee confessed guilt in connection with the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

Dates

1978 February 14-March 18

Conditions Governing Access

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