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1864 February 11 Letter to David J. Evans

Title

1864 February 11 Letter to David J. Evans

Description

Advise to keep things dark becauseit is better to be poor than destroyed. The advise may refer to the discovery of minerals that would increase government interest in Utah.

Type

Correspondence

Sender

Brigham Young

Recipient

David J. Evans

Date

1864 February 11

Location

Great Salt Lake City
North Ogden, Weber County, U. T.

Subject

Minerals
Government

Item sets

Letterbook v. 6

G. S. L. City, Feb. 11, 1864.

David J. Evans,
North Ogden, Weber Co., U. T.

Dear Brother:

In reply to your note of the 8th inst. I have to advise you that you by all means use your best efforts to keep things dark, and exercise faith enough to prevent others finding anything.

Should the Lord, in his wisdom, at any future time permit a discovery, I will then give you such further counsel on the subject as the circumstances may require. It is better to be poor than to be distroyed.

Your Brother in the Gospel,

Brigham Young