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Lot #340
Brigham Young Letter Signed

In a Salt Lake City debt dispute, Brigham Young ensures that "this sister has her rights, inasmuch as her husband is on a mission"

Estimate: $2000+

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In a Salt Lake City debt dispute, Brigham Young ensures that "this sister has her rights, inasmuch as her husband is on a mission"

LS signed “Brigham Young,” one page, 5 x 8, November 24, 1869. Letter to John Clark, in part: "Sister Ann Holmberg informs me that Thomas Pierpont is indebted to her husband by written agreement to the amount of $650.00 & has not complied with the terms thereof, while she is really in need of means. I would like you, therefore, to give this matter your immediate attention & see that this sister has her rights, inasmuch as her husband is on a mission & she must have her support. It is evidently a just debt & if so it ought to be paid." Affixed to the reverse is an advertising card for "Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution," a Salt Lake City import and wholesale enterprise, listing Brigham Young as a director. In very good to fine condition, with light staining from the card mounted to the reverse. Accompanied by an original carte-de-visite portrait of Brigham Young, taken circa 1869 and published by Savage & Ottinger of Great Salt Lake City, Utah.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Presidents
  • Dates: January 10, 2025 - February 12, 2025





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