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1870 August 5 Letter to L. J. Herrick

Title

1870 August 5 Letter to L. J. Herrick

Description

Thomas Boyce should provide for his wife.

Type

Correspondence

Sender

Brigham Young

Recipient

L. J. Herrick

Date

1870 August 5

Location

Ogden, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Subject

Dispute
Marriage
Church Leadership

Salt Lake City. U.T.
5 August 1870

Bishop L. J. Herrick
Ogden

Dear Brother:

Sister Dorethea Boyce, wife of Thomas Boyce, has called on me regarding the treatment she has received for some years past from her husband. Please give this matter your attention, for if her statements are correct I think it would be best to have bro. Boyce provide her with a home. where she can live by herself, and where no gentiles will be crouded on her company, -- as borders or in any other way, to give the man a pretext for finding fault with her on the ground of familiarity with such characters. He should also provide her with flour and wood, which is, I believe all she asks.

Your Brother in the Gospel.
Brigham Young