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1862 January 29 Letter to C. O. Gerberding

Title

1862 January 29 Letter to C. O. Gerberding

Description

Brigham declines to make a purchase.

Type

Correspondence

Sender

Brigham Young

Recipient

C. O. Gerberding

Date

1862 January 29

Location

Great Salt Lake City
San Francisco, California

Subject

Business Matters
Financial Matters

Item sets

Letterbook v. 6

G. S. L. City, Jan. 29, 1862.

Mr. C. O. Gerberding,
San Francisco, California,

Sir:-
Circumstances have prevented an earlier reply to your note of Dec. 10, 1861.

Your proposition is altogether novel to me; and my inexperience in the matter, the stringency of our market, and the numerous requirements for the use of funds in channels more directly pressing, require me, at least for the present, to decline making the purchase you propose.

These considerations, also, so far as I am aware, have like weight with such of my friends as have sufficient cash means for engaging in such an operation.

It would please me to see the Camels have a fair trial in Utah. and should I learn of anyone here wishing to purchase, I will endeavor to inform you by the first opportunity.

Respectfully,

Brigham Young