Church Business--Presiding Apostle, 1879 July 16-September 10

File — Box: 2A, Folder: 30

Identifier: A

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Correspondence about the appointment of water masters to oversee the distribution of water rights in central and southern Utah; John Taylor's warning against immigrants' dishonesty in obtaining lower railway fares by misrepresenting their children's ages; the church Auditing Committee's assessment of debts by Brigham Young's sons, Lorenzo D., Arta D. and Ernest J., incurred while they served missions in England; settlement of the Brigham Young estate; John Taylor's chastisement of an Ogden member who frequently wrote him about personal visions; progress of the Mormon colony on the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands; the murder of missionary Joseph Standing in Georgia; deficiencies in the Perpetual Emigration Fund; progress of the United Order settlements in Arizona; John Taylor's declension to purchase sugar beet seed from a German producer; and the search for legal proof of the 1830 organization of the church in Fayette, New York.

Dates

1879 July 16-September 10

Conditions Governing Access

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