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Smith, Emma Hale

 Person

Biography

Citation:
Joseph Smith Papers, via WWW, March 3, 2014 (born in 1804 at Willingborough Township (later Harmony), Susquehanna, Pennsylvania; parents Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis; well educated; member of the Methodist Church; baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Oliver Cowdrey in 1830; married Joseph Smith Jr. on January 18, 1827, in New York; eleven children, six of whom died early deaths; with Joseph Smith on the night he obtained the records from which The Book of Mormon; scribe during part of the translation; prominent member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "elect lady"; editor of "A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of the Latter Day Saints," published in 1835; first Relief Society president in 1842; moved around to escape mobs, husband imprisoned; Joseph Smith was murdered in June 1844, she stayed in Nauvoo; married Lewis Crum Bidamon; affiliated with the Reorganized Church of Latter-day Saints; lived in Nauvoo; d. Apr. 20, 1879 in Nauvoo, Illinois)

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Donald Q. Cannon research materials

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230223528]
Identifier: MSS 2005
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and typed letters, histories, interviews, diaries, pamphlets, and newspapers. The materials relate to a large range of topics in the early history of the Mormon Church; Joseph Smith, second president of the Mormon Church; and his family. Interviewees include Smith family members and those who knew them. The items were copied by Donald Q. Cannon as part of the continuing Mormon Church History Sources Project.

Dates: 1840-1981

Emma Hale Smith certificate

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 432
Scope and Contents

Printed form with handwritten entries. The item is dated 17 July 1844 and is signed. Emma Smith accepts responsibility for the estate of her husband, Joseph Smith.

Dates: 1844 July 17

Jesse Hale letter

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231044899]
Identifier: MSS 1009
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a signed letter dated March 30, 1845 and addressed to Emma Hale Smith, wife of Joseph Smith (1805-1844). Hale comments on Joseph Smith's generosity to him.

Dates: 1845

Hancock County, Illinois summonses

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305077]
Identifier: MSS SC 759
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed summonses for Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church, and John C. Bennett, and apostle in the Mormon Church. Also included is a receipt from Emma Hale Smith, first wife of Joseph Smith, made out to Thomas Sharp.

Dates: 1841-1847

Emma Hale Smith certificate of guardianship

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 5941
Scope and Contents

Handwritten certificate, dated 3 May 1847, establishing Emma's guardianship of the Smith children: Julia, Joseph, Frederick, and Alexander; includes Emma's signature.

Dates: 1847 May 3

Joseph Smith correspondence

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321603]
Identifier: MSS SC 2277
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten correspondence. The items include a letter to the president of the United States, John Tyler (1790-1862), requesting federal aid from the mobs in Illinois; a note to Smith's wife, Emma Hale Smith (1804-1879); and a receipt for Joseph Smith's coffin.

Dates: 1833-1844

Images of Joseph Smith, Jr. and Emma Hale Smith

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 417
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photographs and postcards with images of Joseph Smith, or related images. All of the items are photographic reproductions of sketches and prints of Smith. Also includes photographic reproductions of sketches and prints of Emma Hale Smith. Dated approximately 1840-1979.

Dates: approximately 1840-1979

Joseph Smith, Jr. indenture

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233286720]
Identifier: Vault MSS 137
Scope and Contents

Handwritten indenture. The item provides for a transfer of property from Joseph and his wife, Emma Smith, to Wilson Law. The item was signed by Joseph Smith, Willard Richards, and Samuel H. Smith.

Dates: 1842

Joseph Smith letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342286]
Identifier: MSS 258
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten letter with a typescript of the item. This letter is dated 27 June 1844 at 8:20 A.M. and was written from Carthage Jail. Also included is a typewritten copy of another letter dated 23 June probably also in the year 1844. Both letters were addressed to Smith's wife, Emma Hale Smith (1804-1879). Smith describes the condition of his incarceration, states that they have no valid case against him, and expresses the belief that he was in little danger.

Dates: 1844

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