Scope and Contents note Samuel Richards Utah Territorial Tax Book, 1850-1857. Including: A brown, hard-cover book (16 x 9.5 cm) used by Samuel Richards to record territorial and county taxes paid in Utah Territory during the years 1850-1857. Includes some tax information for such prominent Church figures as Heber C. Kimball, W. W. Phelps, Abraham O. Smoot, and others.Samuel Richard Jewkes Sawmill Account Book—Emery County, Utah— 1879-1881. Including: One tan, leather-bound book (19 x 12 cm) used by...

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Contract between Sidney A. Knowlton and O. B. Huntington— 6 February 1854. Letter—Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Company to Springville Cooperative Institution— 11 May 1887. Letter recommending a certain building site for the Price, Utah courthouse. Bids for building the Utah State Prison— October 1907 and 15 February 1908.

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The items have been divided into five series: 1) Account Books, 1850–1881; 2) Letters, 1864-1912; 3) Business Items, 1854-1908; 4) Ephemera, 31 March 1866; and 5) Poem, 7 April 1868.

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Playbill for the Salt Lake Theatre— 31 March 1866. Including: One playbill (31 x 8.5 cm) for the Salt Lake City Theatre. Advertising for The Creole; or, Love’s Fetters, staring Julia Dean Hayne [Brigham Young’s favorite actress]; Handy Andy!; and The Magic Spell!! Folder also includes a photocopy of the playbill.

Scope and Contents note Letter—Joseph S. Roberson to Nathan Stein— 19 October 1864. Including: One letter, approximately four lines long, written on The Overland Stage Line, Ben Holladay, Prop’r. letterhead. Roberson tells Stein he has arrived in Salt Lake and expects to be installed as agent within a day or two.Letter—Giles Moses to Alonzo Moses— 18 March 1865. Including: One letter (a folio with four pages), written by Giles Moses of Salt Lake to Alonzo Moses of Morgan, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Giles...

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Poem—Ten years old, by Louisa Lula Greene Richards— 7 April 1868. Including: A one page, holograph poem, written by Louisa in Smithfield, Cache County, Utah, and addressed To my dear brother Daniel Kent Greene, on his tenth birthday. Apr. 7-1868. Folder also includes a photocopy of the poem.