John Varah Long (28 September 1826, in Wickersley, England – 14 April 1869) was a clerk for

Brigham Young Brigham Young (; June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second President of the Church (LDS Church), president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), from 1847 until his ...

, the first governor of Utah Territory and the second

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(also known as LDS Church). On November 1, 2007, KTVX, a

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television station, announced that a number of his diaries and letters related to his position had surfaced. These records appear likely to reveal a great amount of additional historical perspective and detail with regard to both the views and doings of Young, as well as added insight into the early operations of various aspects of the LDS Church.

References

"ABC 4 Investigation: Decoding Brigham Young's pioneer past"
ABC-4, Utah4.com, November 1, 2007
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at RootsWeb *Hance, Irma Watson. "A Biographical Sketch of John Varah Long: His Diaries, Writings, Lectures and Notes." ACCN 278, Special Collections, Marriott Library.
Sanders, Ken and Bagley, Will. ''John Varah Long: Forgotten Utah Writer and Pioneer,'' Ken Sanders Rare Books (accessed 19 January 2017)
English Latter Day Saints Secretaries People from the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham English emigrants to the United States 1826 births 1869 deaths {{LDS-stub