[Letter dated May 6, 1871, from Ed in Fort Bridger, Wyoming Territory to Friend Kate]
Published: 1871
Place of publication: Fort Bridger, Wyo
Language: eng
Subjects: Mormons; History; Correspondence
Description: Four page inked letter from "Ed" to "Friend Kate" regarding his request to withdraw his name from the Books of the [Mormon] Lodge because of "fraud and dishonesty being carried on among a few members and some officers of the lodge." Ed was a charter member and organizer of the Mormon lodge at Fort Bridger.
Notes: Bridger's Trading Post was established in 1842 by mountain man Jim Bridger (the "Daniel Boone' of the Rockies"). The trading post was taken over by the Mormons (reportedly buying it from Mr. Bridger) in 1855.