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1867 July 11 Letter from William Howard

Title

1867 July 11 Letter from William Howard

Description

Howard publicly apologizes for contradicting a true statement made by Brigham about property he was given.

Type

Correspondence

Sender

William Howard

Recipient

To Whom it May Concern

Date

1867 July 11

Location

Great Salt Lake City

Subject

Property
Dispute

Great Salt Lake City,
July 11th, 1867.

At a meeting, held at Little Cottonwood, on Sunday, July 7th, 1867, I publicly contradicted President Brigham Young in a statement which he made in regard to a piece of property which he made me a present of. He stated, in his remarks, that he gave me a piece of land. This statement was correct. He did give me a farm. But I was angry and excited, and supposing that he referred to my distillery, Dwelling house, &c., I contradicted him, For doing so I am very sorry, as it was ungentlemanly and wrong, and I have asked his forgiveness therefor; and that full amends may be made, I make this acknowledgment, that as my contradiction was public the apology may be equally so.

William Howard