Brigham Young writes about the "farcical" cost of relocating the children who survived massacre.

Date
May 5, 1859
Type
Letter
Source
Brigham Young
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

Brigham Young, Letter to Horace Eldredge, May 5, 1859, CR1234 1, Church History Library

Scribe/Publisher
Unknown
People
Brigham Young, Horace Eldredge
Audience
Horace Eldredge
Transcription

The large incident expenditure of public money are very farcical, to all who knew those children could at any time have been forwarded, at a trifling expense, with any company going to the States.

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