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Box 6

 Container

Contains 9 Results:

Orson K. Whitney letter to Horace K. Whitney, 1854 May 19

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 28
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Letter written by Whitney from Parowan, Utah, dated May 19, 1854, reporting on his journey with Joseph F. Smith and others on their Hawaiian mission. Includes a description on his brief stay at the home of George A. Smith, observations on Parowan, marriages (including a "Bro. Dame" who took a second wife), and personal and family matters.

Dates: 1854 May 19
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children / Orson K. Whitney papers

Orson K. Whitney letter to his brother, 1854 September 29

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 28
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 2 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Letter written by Whitney from San Francisco, California, dated September 29, 1854, to his brother, possibly Horace K. Whitney, with news and observations about his journey to the Hawaiian Islands, where he was going as a missionary for the Church.

Dates: 1854 September 29
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children / Orson K. Whitney papers

Orson K. Whitney letter to John K. Whitney, 1854 October 18

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 28
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 2 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Letter written by Whitney from San Francisco, California, dated October 18, 1854, to his brother John K. Whitney regarding his journey to the Hawaiian Islands where he was going as a missionary for the Church. Also includes instructions on where to send mail.

Dates: 1854 October 18
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children / Orson K. Whitney papers

Orson K. Whitney letter to Horace K. Whitney, 1854 November 16

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 28
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 2 Item 4
Dates: 1854 November 16
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children / Orson K. Whitney papers

Orson K. Whitney letter to Horace K. Whitney, 1854 December 28

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 28
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 2 Item 5
Dates: 1854 December 28
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children / Orson K. Whitney papers

Orson K. Whitney letter to Horace K. Whitney, 1855 September 13

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 28
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 2 Item 6
Dates: 1855 September 13
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children / Orson K. Whitney papers

Orson K. Whitney letter to Horace K. Whitney, 1855 October 17

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 28
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 2 Item 7
Dates: 1855 October 17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children / Orson K. Whitney papers

Orson K. Whitney letter to Horace K. Whitney, 1856 January 17

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 28
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 2 Item 8
Dates: 1856 January 17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children / Orson K. Whitney papers

Orson K. Whitney letter to Horace K. Whitney, 1856 May 7

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 28
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 2 Item 9
Dates: 1856 May 7
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children / Orson K. Whitney papers

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