Box 1A
Container
Contains 25 Results:
The Utah War, 1857 November 15-1858 April 25
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 13
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Brigham Young and members of the Utah army concerning relations with the Indians and preparations to confront United States troops; and a Tabernacle speech in which John Taylor challenged the appointment of Alfred Cummings as governor of the territory of Utah.
Dates:
1857 November 15-1858 April 25
Religious and Political Statements, 1856 October 18-1861 November 19
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 14
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
An undated letter requested by Brigham Young in which John Taylor explained his views regarding the church presidency and priesthood; a statement written by John Taylor declaring the church's neutrality in the United States Civil War; and correspondence and journal entries concerning territorial government, the possibility of statehood for Utah, and priesthood ordination protocol.
Dates:
1856 October 18-1861 November 19
Church Business--Apostle, 1861 October 7-1876 December 23
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 15
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, journal entries, and poetry about church business, including industrial and economic ventures undertaken by Mormon leaders; plans to send settlers to Arizona; and obtaining textbooks for territorial schools.
Dates:
1861 October 7-1876 December 23
Church Business--Apostle, 1877 August 30-1878 January 23
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 16
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and journal entries about the Logan Temple Fund collection, temple ordinance procedure for bishops, missionary work among the Indians, and a contract with Union Pacific Railroad.
Dates:
1877 August 30-1878 January 23
Church Business--Presiding Apostle, 1878 January 4-June 4
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 17
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
Meeting minutes reviewing accounts held by the late Brigham Young as the church's trustee-intrust; correspondence discussing attempts to obtain a copy of the manuscript of Joseph Smith's translation of the Bible from Joseph Smith III, president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; and an indenture turning real estate over to John Taylor, who replaced Young as trustee.
Dates:
1878 January 4-June 4
George Darling Watt, 1878 December 5-1879 January 29
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 19
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
A statement of faith to John Taylor from George D. Watt, the first Mormon convert in England, and a copy of his published biography by Ida Watt Stringham and Dora Dutson Flack.
Dates:
1878 December 5-1879 January 29
Daniel Tyler, 1878 March 7-1886 March 12
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 21
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Daniel Tyler, former member of the Mormon Battalion living in Beaver, who was writing a narrative history of the battalion and sought advice from John Taylor concerning the inclusion of certain events, such as the circumstances involving the death of Col. James Allen.
Dates:
1878 March 7-1886 March 12
Church Business--President, 1878 December 7-1881 October 16
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 24
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the "Word of Wisdom," the Mormon health and food standard; and mission calls and reports from Mormons in the military and on foreign missions.
Dates:
1878 December 7-1881 October 16
Church Business--President, 1883 January 12-December 23
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 27
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the work of local clairvoyants and a smallpox outbreak in Panguitch; a letter from an Ogden member inquiring about church doctrine of the return of Jesus Christ; and an invitation for John Taylor to an exhibition of an incandescent lamp.
Dates:
1883 January 12-December 23
Church Business--Presiding Apostle, 1878 July 23-December 11
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 18
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
Meeting minutes about a preliminary questionnaire to gather information for a proposed history of Hancock County, Illinois; correspondence concerning United Order colonies and prospective settlements in Mexico; and a letter from George D. Watt, the first Mormon convert in England, explaining his faith and beliefs following his excommunication.
Dates:
1878 July 23-December 11