, founder of Northern Journalism, ,
, , , an
, ^, & Judge ^ and others of their class, so that this book of biographies
(or supplement) will embody a vast amount of the history of the
Church, our foreign missions, our emigration and pioneer work
besides the building up of the cities and counties of .
This Second Vol of Histories of Utah is nearly complete,
but I am unable to finish it without help. Mr needs money
of me to purchase paper for the remaining part. I have to acknow-
ledge that Cannon & Sons have generously carried much of my
burden. Moses Thatcher has also greatly helped me. Besides
steel plates, he at one time gave me three hundred dollars, and at
another time loaned me $300, which I still owe him, Lorenzo
and further help from the Thatcher family and Bishop .
has also helped me personally with $100, and
also urged his County to help me. Indeed, it is from such personal
help, from these and numerous others, that I have been enabled
to prosecute my costly work so far, rather than from appropriations
from Cities or Counties.
at the onset appropriated $1000, but an
injunction was put on it. Some of the citizens then agreed to raise
$1000, but only six hundred were raised, mostly by the members
of the City Council and a few of the Ogden merchants, which,
however, I returned to them in personal service and printers
bills on their biographies and commercial interests; so that it
was no appropriation in any sense. As for ,
though it leads and claims the book, it has refused repeatedly
to help its own history, though ^notwithstanding^ my brother has
been solicitous for that help in my behalf. Altogether from
these County and City appropriations, I have received about
$2300, while the work has covered two years and half
of labor of myself and two assistants— and
, at a cost of salary and expences alone of
, founder of Northern Journalism, ,
, , ,
, , & Judge and others of their class, so that this book of biographies
(or supplement) will embody a vast amount of the history ofthe
Church, our foreign missions, our emigration and pioneer work
besides the building up of the cities and counties of .
This second vol of my Histories of Utah is nearly complete,
but I am unable to finish it without help. Mr needs money
of me to purchase paper for the remaining part. I have to acknowledge that Cannon & Sons have generously carried much of my
burden. Moses Thatcher has also greatly helped me. Besides
steel plates, he at one time gave me three hundred dollars, and at
another time loaned me $300, which I still owe him,
and further help from the Thatcher family and Bishop .
has also helped me personally with $100, and
also urged his County to help me. Indeed, it is from such personal
help, from these and numerous others, that I have been enabled
to prosecute my costly work so far, rather than from appropriations
from Cities or Counties.
at the onset appropriated $1000, but an
injunction was put on it. Some of the citizens then agreed to raise
$1000, but only six hundred were raised, mostly by the members
of the City Council and a few of the Ogden merchants, which,
however, I returned to them in personal service and printers
bills on their biographies and commercial interests; so that it
was no appropriation in any sense. As for ,
though it leads and claims the book, it has refused repeatedly
to help its own history, notwithstanding my brother has
been solicitous for that help in my behalf. Altogether from
these County and City appropriations, I have received about
$2300, while the work has covered two years and half
of labor of myself and two assistants— and
, at a cost of salary and expences alone of