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Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1800 - 1844

biographical statement

Found in 2 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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Claims on the estates of Joseph and Hyrum Smith

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 / Sally Randall letter

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  • Subject: Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History X

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Claims against decedents' estates -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History 1
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