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Bement family letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3146

Scope and Contents

The collection includes 73 items, including letters between Bingham and Sarah while she was in Kanesville and he was in St. Louis earning money for them to go West; letters between Sarah Bement and Ira and William Mudd discussing payment; and letters between members of the Bement family.

Dates

  • 1849-1878

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Condition restricted. Permission to use materials must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Biographical / Historical

Bingham B. Bement was born in Tunbridge, Vermont to Silas Bement and Freelove Barnes on October 2, 1817. He married Melissa Russell on April 18, 1840, and together they had four children. Following his first wife’s death on May 11, 1850, Bement married Sarah Julia Hill on June 3, 1850, and had five more children. Bement crossed the plains with the Henry W. Miller Company, arriving in the Salt Lake valley in 1852. He died on October 22, 1854 in a mill accident in Salt Lake City.

Extent

2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Arranged in three series: 1. Sarah and Bingham Bement letters, 1850-1852. 2. Ida/William Mudd and Sarah Bement letters, 1876-1878. 3. Bement family and friends letters, 1849-1853. Arranged chronologically within series.

Other Finding Aids

Item-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/VMSS3146.xml

Appraisal

19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.

Title
Register of Bement family letters
Status
Completed
Author
Leslie Evens
Date
2011 November 16
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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

Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States