Udney Hay Jacob letter
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter addressed to Martin Van Buren and dated 19 March 1840. Jacob writes to Van Buren offering to aid him in the presidential election if Van Buren would finance the printing of a manuscript to be used against Joseph Smith and the Mormons.
Dates
- Creation: 1840 March 19
Creator
- Jacob, Udney Hay, 1781-1860 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Udney Hay Jacob letter must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical note
Author and historian.
Extent
1 item (4 p.)(0.02 linear ft.)
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
Subject
- Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 (Person)
- Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Register of Udney Hay Jacob letter
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Benjamin Sipes
- Date
- 2010 November 22
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States