Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1800 - 1844
biographical statement
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Claims on the estates of Joseph and Hyrum Smith
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2226
Scope and Contents
Handwritten claims and bills submitted against the estates of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. The items request payments on charges made by the two men between 1841 and 1844. Joseph and Hyrum were brothers and leaders of the Mormon Church. They were murdered in 1844.
Dates:
1844-1845
Sally Randall letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231044956]
Identifier: MSS 1015
Scope and Contents
Typed copy of a letter written in Nauvoo, Illinois, on July 1, 1844 and addressed to "Dear Friends." Randall writes about the murder of the first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith, and his brother, Hyrum.
Dates:
1844 July 1
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Sally Randall letter
James W. Woods memoirs
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308477]
Identifier: MSS SC 1060
Scope and Contents
Photocopied typescript of an autobiography. In 1882 when Woods was "upwards of eighty years of age" he was interviewed for several weeks probably by Edgar R. Harlan with a stenographer present who wrote down the conversations. These materials were later condensed and pertinent portions were woven into a narrative. As a lawyer in Iowa, Woods was involved in many legal actions of that state.
Woods was hired by Joseph Smith (1805-1844) to serve as his counselor when he and his brother Hyrum...
Dates:
1882