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Correspondence, general orders, and reports accumulated by Alfred Cumming regarding conditions and governorship of Utah Territory. Includes updates on the movements of Thomas L. Kane; a copy of Special Orders No. 12, moving to Bridger's Fort; and a letter from A.S. Johnston explaining the arrest of Owen H. Oneil, 1858 March 29.

Includes letters to and acquired by Alfred Cumming regarding army movements in Utah Territory and "hostility" by Mormons and local "Indians" against arriving soldiers.

Letters to and collected by Alfred Cumming relating to re-establishing mail services between Utah and other states, as well as de-escalating troops (on both Mormon and federal sides of the dispute). Includes a letter from U.S. Marshall P.K. Dotson reporting that he had received writs commanding the arrest of Brigham Young, and his request that Cumming place "such a posse under my command as shall enable me to discharge my duty" (1858 May 25).

Pencil manuscript, with typed transcription included.

Letters to and collected by Alfred Cumming regarding the army's movement through Utah and "uneasiness" of the Utah people (1858 June 12); assurances by A.S. Johnston that the army's movements would not be destructive to settlers; and acknowledgment of Cumming's reports and reply by Lewis Cass that "it gives me pleasure to inform you that your entire course of proceedings, in relation to the Mormons, meets with the approbation of the President" (1858 June 29).

Letters received by Alfred Cumming in his capacity as governor, including reports and updates on U.S. Army movements of troops and supplies; petitions from parents and families seeking help from Cumming reuniting with children or relatives they claim are detained or held by Mormons in Utah Territory; reports about "hostile Indians" (J. Forney to Alfred Cumming, 1858 Sept. 2) stealing herds, supplies, or attacking emigrants.

Letters received and send by Alfred Cumming regarding his governorship of Utah; includes updates on herds and cattle movements; orders regarding dispensation of troops; and petitions from families seeking assistance finding relatives or children who emigrated to Salt Lake City and had gone missing.

Letters to Alfred Cumming regarding Utah Territory governorship; includes correspondence from Lewis Cass refusing to raise Cumming's salary, and orders and an affidavit from U.S. Marshall P.K. Dotson regarding the arrest of someone accused of murder.

Letters to and received by Alfred Cumming regarding his governoship of Utah Territory, including reports of "the hostile disposition of the Indians on the southern route, in the neighborhood of Santa Clara" (A.S. Johnson to Alfredy Cumming, 1859 Feb. 6); disputes between Mormon settlers and the U.S. Army; an affidavit about a dispute over territory in Rush Valley; correspondence about a massacre at Mountain Meadows; and a petition from a mother seeking the return of her children from Bishop Miller in Utah (1859 April 1).

Letters to and written by Alfred Cumming regarding his governoship of Utah Territory, including correspondence from Lewis Cass, John B. Floyd, and J.S. Black, regarding tension between the administration of laws, particularly Military versus Civil jurisdiction of civilian judges; movement of troops to furnish "protection of persons and property, on the northern Route to California" (Cumming to A.S. Johnson, 1859 May 9); a petition signed by over 50 residents requesting the removal of troops from quartering in Goshen, Cedar County (1859 May 28); a manuscript copy of trial proceedings of Cub Johnson, who pleaded guilty to killing Edward Beaty in self defense (1859 July 12); an affidavit by James Lynch about the recovery of children who survived an 1857 massacre at Mountain Meadows, and Lynch's accusation that Mormons had committed the massacre as a "Blood Offering" (1859 July 27).