Scope and Contents A letter instructing Daniel W. Jones to organize California Mormons into branches and informing him that Joseph Smith's original revised Bible was in the hands of Joseph Smith III, president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; discussion of anti-Mormon sentiment in the United States court system; lengthy letters to George Q. Cannon in Washington, D.C., discussing secret ballot voting in Utah, the territory's appointed cadet to West Point Academy, the settlement of...

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Correspondence concerning reopening of the Endowment House, the holding of Spanish lessons in Davis County for prospective missionaries, the United Order in Little Colorado settlements, and a salary review for church employees; as well as letters to George Q. Cannon in Washington, D.C., discussing political developments in the Utah Legislature concerning election, taxation, and mining laws.

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Letters to George Q. Cannon and Orson Hyde concerning the selection of trustee-in-trust for the church, the delivery of church propaganda to members of Congress, and the settlement of Brigham Young's estate; an inquiry to Joseph Smith III, president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, about the original manuscript of his father's new translation of the Bible; and discussion of Bikuben, the church's Danish publication.

Scope and Contents John Taylor's arrangements for the immigration of a 60-year-old British female convert at his own expense; a letter to Daniel Tyler regarding his authorship of a history of the Mormon Battalion, and John Taylor's concern that it be reviewed by the church leadership to "eliminate anything that is undesirable"; the appointment of William A. Budge as president of the European Mission; discussion of introduction of rye cultivation in Utah; a directive for James A. Little to discontinue work on a...

Scope and Contents An inquiry about unauthorized movement of members from Lake Town, Idaho, to Colorado; instructions to Orson Smith, bishop of the Paradise Ward, on how to petition church uthorities for permission to take a second wife; discussion of water piping for the Manti Temple; correspondence concerning a proposed trip of Apostle Erastus Snow to Arizona and Mexico; arrangements for the donation of land from which stones for construction of the Manti Temple are to be quarried; discussion of water rights...

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Correspondence concerning planned visits by apostles Erastus Snow and John W. Young to settlements in Arizona; the church's policy of not purchasing property from individual church members unless there is "fear that property will fall into undesirable hands"; the granting of land to Lucy W. Kimball, widow of Heber C. Kimball; and urgings to William Bringhurst, bishop of the Springville Ward, to allow the Relief Society to make clothing for neighboring Indians.

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Correspondence concerning developments of mines at Grass Creek, financing of the stake and temple in St. George, and migration of new converts from the southern states; a directive that all church employees pay tithing or lose their jobs; and a reply to claims by Thomas Taylor, bishop of the Salt Lake Fourteenth Ward, that the church owes him money.

Scope and Contents Letters to George Q. Cannon concerning various church affairs, including O. J. Hollister's interview of John Taylor for the New York Tribune; proposed congressional conditions for Utah statehood that exclude polygamists juries; John Taylor's request of the names of Salt Lake City residents who signed the Ladies Anti-Polygamy petition; the Mormon women's delegation to Washington, D.C.; claims by Thomas Taylor, bishop of the Salt Lake Fourteenth Ward, that the...

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An explanation of the church's policy to pay for the return fare of honorably released missionaries; and instructions for handling cooperative livestock herds.

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Correspondence concerning the formation of a new settlement in the Elk Mountains; George Reynolds's polygamy case before the United States Supreme Court; closure and reopening of the Endowment House; unauthorized dispersement of church funds by the British Mission; purchase of a meetinghouse in Christiana, Norway; Ogden ward boundaries; and management of conduct in the Salt Lake Theatre.