Church Business--Presiding Apostle, 1879 June 28-July 18

File — Box: 2A, Folder: 29

Identifier: A

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning George Reynolds's imprisonment in a Nebraska penitentiary and subsequent return to Utah; emigration of European converts; a directive to the Sanpete Stake president to excommunicate church members who disobey orders to distribute irrigation water inequitably; the selection of school textbooks; the dispute between John Taylor and Brigham Young's heirs over settlement of Young's estate; water disputes among settlers; construction progress on the Logan and Manti temples; John Taylor's resignation from the Utah legislature; the purchase of Lee's Ferry; church and outside financing of Brigham Young Academy in Provo; and publication of the Pearl of Great Price in England.

Dates

1879 June 28-July 18

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