Scope and Contents Correspondence from Thomas Taylor, bishop of the Salt Lake Fourteenth Ward and former church migration agent, in which he petitions John Taylor (no relation) for reimbursement of expenses incurred while overseeing migration efforts; a report of his excommunication for homosexuality; his letter to John Taylor pleading for mercy; a sketch of his life and the life of George H. Taylor, who replaced him as Fourteenth Ward bishop, from the Latter Day Saint Biographical...

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Correspondence that includes a letter to A. M. Cannon, president of the Salt Lake Stake, approving George H. Taylor as new bishop of the Fourteenth Ward; and the report of an extended family gathering at the Gardo House to celebrate John Taylor's seventy-eighth birthday.

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Letters from Lucinda Lee Dalton, a Beaver, Utah, school teacher and widowed mother of six, concerning her anxiety about premarital sexual relations between her sister and late husband, the eternal fate of her children, and her desire not to marry again; and a letter from missionaries serving among the "Lamanites" asking about "the propriety of brethren of the mission marrying into the Navajo nation."

Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning financial aspects of various church affairs, including the construction of the Provo Theatre, the defense of Lorenzo Snow before the United States Supreme Court, and the Spanish translation of the Book of Mormon; John Taylor's inquiry to Jack concerning the worthiness of disfellowshipped treasury employee A. M. Musser; and a letter concerning the employment of Andrew J. Jenson to work "properly controlled" in the church...

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A report from the Provo Stake presidency discussing developments in Utah County, including the proposed transfer of Brigham Young Academy property from Young's heirs to the church; a letter from an Indian missionary complaining of mistreatment by his white counterparts; and John Taylor's directive to call more settlers to San Juan County to prevent losing political control to non-Mormons there.

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A letter from Hawaiian King Kalakaua's palace thanking Laie Mormons for courtesies shown on the king's jubilee birthday; a directive ordering payment for the church's purchase of land in Mexico; and a letter from Mahonri M. Steele, first counselor in the Panguitch Stake presidency, asking whether to flee federal marshals.

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Correspondence with LeGrand Young, church attorney, concerning the transfer of church property, including the Salt Lake Theater and the Gardo House, to various wards and stakes in an effort to evade an 1882 federal law restricting churches from owning real property.

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A letter from Edward Stephenson, a new convert who claimed to receive revelation from God and asked Taylor for money from the church to publish his New Book of Modern Revelation; discussions of events at settlements along the Utah-Idaho border; and John Taylor's rejection of a proposal to adopt a Utah constitution prohibiting plural marriage in order to achieve statehood.

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Correspondence with R. J. Taylor, John Taylor's son, concerning the sale of land and property of the Ogden Tithing Yard; and a copy of R. J. Taylor's March 17, 1905, obituary from the Deseret News.

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Correspondence that includes letters from a Salt Lake Theater box attendant reporting nepotism among his fellow employees; and a newlywed young woman complaining of her polygamous husband's abuse.