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Typewritten and signed letter, dated 30 Nov. 1898, composed in Salt Lake City, Utah, and addressed to Daniel B. Richards. Franklin Richards expresses joy over the missionary work for the Mormon Church in Switzerland and in other places.

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Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter, dated 26 Dec. 1883, and addressed to John Taylor, president of the Mormon Church. Richards urges Taylor to begin keeping a "Book of the Law of the Lord" and gives examples of possible entries.

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Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter dated 11 April 1840 and addressed to "my dear Father & Mother," then living in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Richards writes largely about family matters. Richards wants to go on a mission for the Mormon Church and needs permission of his parents because he was not yet twenty-one years old.

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Handwritten and signed letter, dated April 5, 1858, and addressed to Jesse P. Harmon. Richards tells Hrmon to notify all officers to attend a military council to be held at the tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah. Pasted to the same sheet is an appointment to the Standing Committees on the Improvement and Public Grounds and a note that was certified by R. A. McBride, selectman for Millard County, Utah.

Scope and Contents Contains nine handwritten and signed letters to and from members of the Phinehas Howe Richards family. The letters are from LDS Apostle Franklin D. Richards to his parents, Phineas and Wealthy D. Richards; from Phineas Richards to Wealthy D. Richards; from Jennetta Richards to Wealthy D. Richards; from George Spencer Richards to Phineas and Wealthy D. Richards; and from Mary E. Dewey to Wealthy D. Richards. The materials deal largely with family and Mormon-related issues in Ohio, Missouri,...

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Unpublished letters, autobiographies, reminiscences, and diaries collected by Josiah Rogerson to write a book on the ill-fated Willie and Martin handcart companies of 1856. The materials also include primary source materials on other aspects of Utah and Mormon history.