Letter to Francis Asbury Hammond, 23 August 1887
Salt Lake City, U. T. .
Prest. F. A. Hammond,
Bluff City, San Juan Co.,
Dear Brother:
Four weeks ago to-day the new[s]
of President Taylor's death was communicated to the
country by newspaper and by telegraph. Brother
Brigham Young, one of the Twelve Apostles, had
been notified prior to this of the precarious condition [of]
President Taylor's health. He expressed great anxiety t[o]
Bros. Lyman and J. H. Smith to reach here, and separa[ted]
from them with the intention of going through the
Navajoe nation and doing what he could towards
identifying and having punished the murderers of Br
Barton. He felt that this matter should be taken
