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1860 May 29 Letter to George A. Smith

Title

1860 May 29 Letter to George A. Smith

Description

A drunken bishop cannot be tolerated.

Type

Correspondence

Sender

Brigham Young

Recipient

George A. Smith

Date

1860 May 29

Location

Great Salt Lake City
Provo, Utah

Subject

Church Leadership

Item sets

Letterbook v. 5

G.S.L. City, May 29, 1860.

Elder George A. Smith,
Provo, U.T.

Dear Brother:-

So far as you may be consistently able, while at Provo, I wish you to observe and inquire how matters are moving there. Silas' promises in regard to drinking will not answer any longer, and, though a drunken Judge is in keeping with the great majority of U.S. Officials in Utah, a drunken Bishop can not be tolerated. Should affairs prove to be in the condition so often reported here, and you are unable to find a suitable person in Provo to take br. Silas' place in the Bishopric, please inform me, and we will send some one from here.

Your Brother in the Gospel,

Brigham Young