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A request for teamsters, wagons, cattle and provisions to be sent to aid an emigrating wagon train.
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Brigham concurs with the purchase of a press. He outlines plans to locate the Australian and Sandwich Islands emigrants in Southern Utah and details how credit will be given for donations to the Emigration Fund.
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Brigham requests six mule or horse teams to transport masons and laborers to the Fillmore State House building site. Includes payment arrangement details.
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Brigham explains the use of the Perpetual Emigration Fund. He counsels the Elders to act according to the Spirit and not wait for instructions from Salt Lake and shares a brief update on Utah affairs.
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Instructions on receiving the immigration from Australia and donations to the emigration fund. Updates on various projects in Salt Lake, the condition of markets and Indian relations.
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Brigham Young proposes to repair rooms and rent them to the Government at a higher price if Almon W. Babbitt does not comply with the Government’s original proposition.
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Brigham Young asks Welcome Chapman to bring wheat to the Office and arrange his wagons to take families with him to San Pete valley.
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Brigham Young informs Isaac Ross or Roop that he does not know Mr. Engle or his whereabouts.
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Brigham is grateful for the industry in Iron County that prepared them to accommodate many immigrants. He advocates labor in renewed energy as it will benefit the settlement.
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Clothing is sent to Iron County to clothe the Indian women and children. To avoid instilling idleness, they should labor for the items.
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A List of goods sent to be traded for labor on the State House and instructions on how to keep the accounts accurate.
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Levying a tax no greater than one half percent will boost the amount of goods brought into the city and save the expense of sending to Salt Lake for them.
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Details concerning a planned visit with the Shoshones.
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A request for a list of inventory in Bullock's possession and an update on Indian relations in the aftermath of 2 murders.
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Counsel for Heywood to resign the Presidency in Nephi due to his poor health and his responsibilities in the 17th Ward.
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Counsel to inform the Indians that they will not be harmed in retaliation for the murders of two young men. Further counsel to white men to treat the Indians well and not hold them responsible for the actions of a few.
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Brigham expresses sympathy for the murder of Weeks' two sons. He counsels Weeks to stay friendly with the Indians and urge them to find the guilty ones.
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The rate charged for the Legislature to occupy rooms in the Council House.
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Brigham Young counsels Parley P. Pratt regarding missionary work, tithing collected from those baptized, and ignoring a book by Ferris, as well as informing him about a trip to Manti, interactions with Indians, and construction of a Sugar manufacturing building and the Manti Temple.
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Albert Carrington informs S.M. Nye and Russell Holbrook of the yearly Deseret News subscription cost and general conditions of the Territory.
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Brigham asks that Emigration trains do not use the Mississippi River due to illness and instructs them to forward a list of emigrants prior to their arrival in New York. He gives an update on the travel of Elders and local affairs.
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Due to the layout of Salt Lake City and the distance of Coal mines, lighting the City with Coal gas would result in financial loss.
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Counsel not to build a Tithing Store house but to forward Tithing to Salt Lake City.
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Brigham sends a Bill of Divorcement for Ensign to sign and return.
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Brigham Young instructs William D. Huntingdon and Company to treat a little known Indian tribe fairly in trade, and to teach them to use farming utensils and conduct business morally without fraud.