Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1887 June 20-July 1

File — Box: 3A, Folder: 10

Identifier: B

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning the gerrymandering of Utah voting districts by federal authorities and other increased persecution of Mormons; the settlement of new converts from southern states in Colorado; missionary work among the Indians; the nomination of Amos Maycock to be new bishop of the Moab Ward; formation and appointment of leaders of the Eastern Arizona Stake and the drought in that region; plans to draft a Utah constitution and create a state government; and concerns of John W. Young's expenditures of church finances.

Dates

1887 June 20-July 1

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