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1861 October 24 Letter to H. W. Carpentier

Title

1861 October 24 Letter to H. W. Carpentier

Description

Brigham sends the first telegraph lines from Utah to California.

Type

Correspondence

Sender

Brigham Young

Recipient

H. W. Carpentier

Date

1861 October 24

Location

Great Salt Lake City

Subject

Telegraph

Item sets

Letterbook v. 5

 

Great Salt Lake City, Oct. 24. 1861.

Hon. H. W. Carpentier
President

Dear Sir:-

I am very much obliged for your kind feelings manifested through Mr. Street, in giving me the privilege of first message to California.

May success ever attend the enterprise.

The success of Mr Street in completing his end of the line under many unfavorable circumstances in so short a time, is beyond our most sanguine anticipations.

Join your wires with the Russian Empire and we will converse with Europe.

Your friend,
(signed)

(Brigham Young)