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1869 August 12 Letter to Thomas G. Odell

Title

1869 August 12 Letter to Thomas G. Odell

Description

Brigham does not object to Odell starting a newspaper but he warns that the high cost of printing may hinder success.

Type

Correspondence

Sender

Brigham Young

Recipient

Thomas G. Odell

Date

1869 August 12

Location

Salt Lake City
Thomas G. Odell

Subject

Business Matters
Personal

Salt Lake City,
August 12. 1869.

Mr. Thos. G. Odell,
Mr. Joseph Hall & others.

Dear Brethren:-

Yours of the 7th has been received. I have no objection whatever to your starting such a paper as you mention in Ogden City, but I do not feel to encourage you in it. The general dulness of the times -- the high cost of Printing Materials & the heavy expenses incident to the publication of a newspaper are serious drawbacks to such an enterprise at the present time, & I am very much afraid you would only swamp yourselves by the undertaking.

Yours in the Gospel

Brigham Young