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1860 October 11 Letter to Dan Jones

Title

1860 October 11 Letter to Dan Jones

Description

A request for Jones to ferry travelers across the Jordan river while the bridge is under construction.

Type

Correspondence

Sender

Brigham Young

Recipient

Dan Jones

Date

1860 October 11

Location

Great Salt Lake City
Provo, U. T.

Subject

Building and Construction

Item sets

Letterbook v. 5

G.S.L. City, Oct. 11, 1860.

Elder Dan Jones,
Provo, U.T.,

Dear Brother:-We are about to build a new bridge across Jordan river, to do which we wish to remove the old one, and in so doing will need a ferry boat to accommodate the traveling public, for which reason I wish you, if possible, so soon as you receive this note, or as soon thereafter as you can, to draw out the ferry boat you have in Utah Lake, upon some spot easy of approach for a wide track wagon, and turn it up so that it will be drying, for I wish to haul it here and use it until the new bridge is ready for travel,

Your attention to the above will oblige,
Your Brother in the Gospel,

Brigham Young

P.S. Please to notify me forthwith of the situation of the boat.