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Box 7

 Container

Contains 93 Results:

Daniel Smith Mills letter to Joshua K. Whitney, 1854 October 31

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 18
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Letter from Mills, San Francisco, California, dated October 31, 1854, to Joshua K. Whitney regarding his condition and activities as a missionary. Describes John Young's arrival as a missionary in the Hawaiian Islands, and reports on the condition of John Tobin and others among the Indians, at Fort Lane, Oregon Territory.

Dates: 1854 October 31
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 Horace K. Whitney, 1855 February 27

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 18
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Letter by Mills, Mormon Island, California, dated February 27, 1855 to Whitney regarding his desire to receive news from Salt Lake City, conditions where he was residing as a missionary, and the California gold miners.

Dates: 1855 February 27
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 Mary Jane Whitney Groo, 1856 August

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 18
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Letter from Mills, San Bernardino, California, dated August 1856, to Groo regarding her work as a teacher, his activities in California, and his grandfather Smith's determination to travel to the Salt Lake Valley. The front of the letter includes a print of an engraving of Mormon Island, California.

Dates: 1856 August
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Whitney family correspondence and other material

Ann L. Whitney letter to Mary Jane Whitney Groo, 1910 April 3

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 19
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Letter from Whitney, Mendon, Utah, dated April 3, 1910, to Groo regarding official papers sent by Groo and the trouble her husband, John K. Whitney, was having to obtain a military pension.

Dates: 1910 April 3
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Whitney family correspondence and other material

Horace G. Whitney letter to Vilate G. Taylor and Mary Jane Whitney Groo, 1895 January 26

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 19
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Lettter from "Bud," dated January 26, 1895, apologizing for not seeing them that night, and arranging to be at a scheduled meeting. Written on letterhead from Heber J. Grant & Co., Insurance and Loans, No. 60 Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1895 January 26
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Whitney family correspondence and other material

Don Carlos, John S., and Joshua K. Whitney deed for the Wild Ranger Lode, 1871 February 14

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 20
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Deed for an interest in the Wild Ranger Lode, located in the Ophir Mining District, transferred from A. W. Moore and Frank H. Wilson to the Whitneys. Dated February 14, 1871.

Dates: 1871 February 14
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Whitney family correspondence and other material

Joshua K. Whitney deed for the Long Island Lode, 1872 March 23

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 20
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Deed for an interest in the Long Island Lode, located in the Ophir Mining District, transferred from Horace K. Whitney. Dated March 23, 1872.

Dates: 1872 March 23
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Whitney family correspondence and other material

Don Carlos and Joshua K. Whitney deed for the Wild Ranger Lode, 1872 April 1

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 20
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Deed for an interest in the Wild Ranger Lode, located in the Ophir Mining District, transferred from John S. Whitney. Dated April 1, 1872.

Dates: 1872 April 1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Whitney family correspondence and other material

Joshua K. Whitney deed for the Long Island Lode, 1874 May 13

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 20
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Deed for the Long Island Lode, located in the Ophir Mining District, transferred from David H. Kimball. Dated May 13, 1874.

Dates: 1874 May 13
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Whitney family correspondence and other material

An aged sister gone, 1879 January

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 20
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Item 5
Scope and Contents

Newspaper clipping of obituary for Catharine Wilson, who crossed the plains with the Whitney family, dating approximately January 1879.

Dates: 1879 January
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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