Box 8
Container
Contains 18 Results:
Death of Brigham Young, 1877 August 29
File — Box: 8, Folder: 12
Identifier: E
Scope and Contents
The Deseret News's account of Brigham Young's death; notes on speculations that he was poisoned or committed suicide; and references to the debate over succession in the priesthood.
Dates:
1877 August 29
Brigham Young Estate
File — Box: 8, Folder: 13
Identifier: E
Scope and Contents
A rough-draft book chapter explaining how the Brigham Young estate "haunted" John Taylor; and correspondence and notes concerning its settlement.
Dates:
1844-1994
Jubilee Celebration, 1880-1882
File — Box: 8, Folder: 14
Identifier: E
Scope and Contents
A rough-draft book chapter on the Mormon church's fifty-year anniversary celebration; and an editorial from the Salt Lake Tribune accusing John Taylor of noncompliance with the Edmunds Act.
Dates:
1880-1882
Gardo House, 1882 January-March
File — Box: 8, Folder: 15
Identifier: E
Scope and Contents
A rough-draft book chapter concerning completion of the Gardo House and increased agitation over enforcement of the Edmunds Act.
Dates:
1882 January-March
Unlawful Cohabitation Crusade, 1882-1885
File — Box: 8, Folder: 16
Identifier: E
Scope and Contents
A rough-draft book chapter concerning non-Mormon attempts to enforce the Edmunds Act; John Taylor's debates in popular eastern literary magazines; and a narrative by Eleanor Ward Ogden about a Christmas she spent as a child with John Taylor while he was on the run in Parowan, Utah.
Dates:
1882-1885
Exile and Death of John Taylor, 1886-1887
File — Box: 8, Folder: 17
Identifier: E
Scope and Contents
An early draft book chapter about the establishment of the underground and John Taylor's administration of the church in exile; notes concerning his hideouts; a biographical sketch of Charles Barrell, who hid from federal authorities in the Manti Temple; and an account of Wilford Woodruff's 1891 negotiations with the courts on the question of plural marriage.
Dates:
1886-1887
Family and Personal Notes
File — Box: 8, Folder: 18
Identifier: E
Scope and Contents
A collection of rough biographical sketches, correspondence, journal notes, incomplete genealogical records, and a list of John Taylor's lesser-known wives.
Dates:
1844-1994
Miscellaneous Notes
File — Box: 8, Folder: 19-20
Identifier: E
Scope and Contents
Notes maintained by Raymond and Samuel Taylor as they prepared the manuscript for The Kingdom or Nothing.
Dates:
1844-1994