Box 3A
Container
Contains 31 Results:
Church Business--Apostle, 1844 February 5-June 25
File — Box: 3A, Folder: 1
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents
A letter written by John Taylor in the Carthage, Illinois, jail to his wife, Leonora, concerning his personal well-being and political endeavors; and a signed agreement that gave John Taylor guardianship of the late Edward Lawrence estate.
Dates:
1844 February 5-June 25
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1887 March 29-July 28
File — Box: 3A, Folder: 2
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents
A letter of advice to T. Jackson Barton to serve a mission despite his lack of desire to do so; and a directive from George Q. Cannon, first counselor in the church presidency, that celebrations for Pioneer Day be canceled due to John Taylor's poor health.
Dates:
1887 March 29-July 28
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1886 March 17-18
File — Box: 3A, Folder: 3
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the salary of temple workers; legal actions against George Q. Cannon, first counselor in the church presidency; a delegation of Mormon women sent to Washington, D.C., to present a memorial to Congress and the president; and the church leadership, secular instruction, and physical provisions at the Washakie Indian Mission.
Dates:
1886 March 17-18
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1886 March 6-16
File — Box: 3A, Folder: 4
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents
The calling of fourteen Utah men to serve in the Northern States Mission; the church presidency's open letter of support of Hubert H. Bancroft's History of the Pacific States; John Taylor's condemnation of unethical migration practices, and discussion of the suitability of various railroad companies for migration purposes; a proposal to convert most of San Juan County into an Indian reservation; and church architect Truman Angell's request to find a stone...
Dates:
1886 March 6-16
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1886 March 1-4
File — Box: 3A, Folder: 5
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning a directive to supply the Shoshone Indian Agency with fruit trees; the arrest of George Q. Cannon for polygamy; conflicts between the state legislature and Governor Eli H. Murray; John Taylor's support of a revenue bill before the legislature; the calling of Juab Stake President William Paxman on a mission to New Zealand in order for him to escape federal authorities; missionary work among native Americans; church employment policy on the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii);...
Dates:
1886 March 1-4
Have Mormons Any Rights?
File — Box: 3A, Folder: 6
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents
A legislative brief published by church attorney A. M. Gibson defending the Mormon position on plural marriage and arguing against passage of the Edmunds bill.
Dates:
1877-1887
Conference Address, 1884 November 30
File — Box: 3A, Folder: 7
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents
A discourse delivered by John Taylor at the Provo Stake Meeting House as published in the Deseret News on March 11, 1885.
Dates:
1884 November 30
The Rights of Citizenship
File — Box: 3A, Folder: 8
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents
A published brief by church attorney A. M. Gibson decrying the Congress's denial of the rights of citizenship to Mormons.
Dates:
1877-1887
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1886 February 11-27
File — Box: 3A, Folder: 9
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding agreements to publish articles in the Correspondent Union; the Deseret News Company's takeover of the Herald Company's stock and debts; an increase in the salary of St. George Temple construction workers; John Taylor's approval of a Mormon woman's public demonstration to protest actions of the district courts; and approval to allocate $250 for the Honorable John T. Caine to publish two pro-Mormon pamphlets.
Dates:
1886 February 11-27
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1887 June 20-July 1
File — Box: 3A, Folder: 10
Identifier: B
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...
Dates:
1887 June 20-July 1