Diary of Joseph Leland Heywood, 1946.

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Diary of Joseph Leland Heywood, 1946.

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Typescript of an 1855-1856 diary kept by Joseph Leland Heywood. The majority of the diary focuses on Heywood's arrest and trial on bribery charges in 1856. It begins with a brief description of Heywood's travels from Salt Lake City to Carson Valley in May 1855 with G.P. Stiles and O. Hyde, who had been commissioned by Brigham Young to survey the boundary line between Utah and California. Heywood also describes several trips he made to Sacramento and San Fransisco during this time, including his participation in the establishment of the newspaper "Western Standard." Heywood then writes of his reappointment as U.S. Marshal for Utah by President Franklin Pierce and his accompaniment of Chief Justice Kenny to Fillmore, Utah, in January 1856. He mentions a trip to Washington, D.C., and Chicago in April and June 1856 before his arrest in July 1856. He was dismissed from the post of U.S. Marshal that same month, and spent the next two months in Washington, D.C., while a grand jury reviewed the bribery charges brought against him by Secretary of the Treasury James Guthrie. The charges were ultimately dismissed by the Grand Jury. During his time in Washington, D.C., Heywood writes about touring the city, the aid in his defense from Senator Stephen Douglas, and his opinions on James Buchanan's presidential candidacy. He also frequently alludes to leaders of the Mormon Church (particularly John Taylor) and gives his thoughts on the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance. The diary ends with Heywood's departure from Washington and his arrival in Fall River, Massachusetts, to visit his relatives the Lelands and Blodgetts.

Typescript, 24 pages.

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