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Box 7

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Contains 93 Results:

Don Carlos Whitney letter to A. E. Hall, 1872 September 19

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 13
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 5 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Handwritten copy of a letter written by Whitney, Salt Lake City, Utah, dated September 19, 1872, to Hall regarding deeds to a mining claim.

Dates: 1872 September 19
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children / Don Carlos Whitney correspondence and patriarchal blessing

Don Carlos Whitney letter to Joshua K. Whitney, 1870s

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 13
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 5 Item 5
Scope and Contents

Letter written by Whitney, Bear River City, dated October 28 (?), to his brother, Joshua K. Whitney, regarding his activities and observations about his brother Orson.

Dates: 1870s
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children / Don Carlos Whitney correspondence and patriarchal blessing

Don Carlos Whitney patriarchal blessing, 1845 February 7

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 14
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 5 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Patriarchal blessing given by John Smith upon the head of Whitney, Nauvoo, Illinois, dated February 7, 1845.

Dates: 1845 February 7
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children / Don Carlos Whitney correspondence and patriarchal blessing

Don Carlos Whitney patriarchal blessing, 1850?

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 14
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 5 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Supplementary blessing given shortly after the death of his father, Newel Kimball Whitney.

Dates: 1850?
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children / Don Carlos Whitney correspondence and patriarchal blessing

Newel Melchizedek Whitney patriarchal blessing, 1851 March 23

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 15
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Item 6
Scope and Contents

Contains a patriarchal blessing received by Whitney, dating from 1851.

Dates: 1851 March 23
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children

Isabel Modalena Whitney Sears letter to Joshua K. Whitney, 1865 April 16

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 16
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Letter from Sears, Salt Lake City, Utah, dated April 16, 1865, to Joshua K. Whitney, in Scotland, regarding family news and general news.

Dates: 1865 April 16
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children / Isabel Modalena Whitney Sears correspondence

Isabel Modalena Whitney Sears letter to Sister Larling, approximately 1875

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 16
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Letter from Sears, Salt Lake City, Utah, dated April 23 (?), to "Sister Larling," apologizing for not being able to be with her in her time of grief.

Dates: approximately 1875
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children / Isabel Modalena Whitney Sears correspondence

T. M. Foote letter, 1854 September 21

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 17
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Latter portion of a letter with no heading, from Foote, Ashley Falls, dated September 21, 1854, regarding postal problems. Also requests that the receiver "exercise faith for Mary that she may be restored to her right mind."

Dates: 1854 September 21
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Whitney family correspondence and other material

Erastus Whitney Hall letter to Erastus F. Hall, 1879 December 3

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 17
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Letter by Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah, dated December 3, 1879, to his father regarding family news and inquiring as to when they might expect him to come home.

Dates: 1879 December 3
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Whitney family correspondence and other material

Daniel Smith Mills letter to Joshua K. Whitney, 1854 October 12

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 18
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Item 1
Scope and Contents Letter from Mills, San Francisco, California, dated October 12, 1854, to Joshua K. Whitney regarding conditions among the gold miners in California where he was serving as a missionary for the Church. Includes discouraging news from home including the death of his mother, the destruction of the ship "Yankee Blade," and the looting of its baggage. On the inside of the folded letter is a print of an engraving entitled "Sunday in the California Diggings," published by the Wide West Office, San...
Dates: 1854 October 12
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Whitney family correspondence and other material

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