Brown, John, 1820-1896
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1820 - 1896
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John Brown autobiography and four letters received
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 945
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of Brown's autobiography. Also includes four original letters, one from Augusta Winters Grant, wife of Pres. Grant; and a Relief Society Financial Report for 1892.
Dates:
1892-1913
John Brown letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225531448]
Identifier: MSS 3174
Scope and Contents
One letter (3 pages), dated 17 April 1845, written from Nauvoo, Illinois, by John Brown to his wife, Elizabeth Crosby Brown, who was residing in Athens, Monroe County, Mississippi. The letter informs his wife that he is working on the Nauvoo temple and has been instructed by Brigham Young to stay there and work on it through the fall and winter as well. He says that Brigham Young has declared that a woman cannot perform work for deceased men in the temple but only for women. He wishes her to...
Dates:
1845 April 17
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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John Brown letter