Hosea Stout records Brigham Young's rejection of the authority of the U.S. Government over Deseret.

Date
Sep 6, 1857
Type
Personal Journal / Diary
Source
Hosea Stout
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Paraphrase
Reference

Hosea Stout, Journal, September 6, 1857, MS 8332, Chruch History Library

Scribe/Publisher
Brigham Young, Hosea Stout
People
Hosea Stout
Audience
Hosea Stout
Transcription

President B. Young in his Sermon declared that the thre[a]d was cut between us and the U.S. and that the Almighty recognised us as a free and independent people and that no officer appointed by government should come and rule over us from this time forth.

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