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Box 17

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

Manuscript, after 1845 June

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 13 Item 1
Scope and Contents note

Manuscript, unknown author, returned to Nauvoo June 25, 1845, spent time in Virginia as a missionary, his friend, Mr. Shelton, had been kind to him there, mob violence in Hancock County.

Dates: Majority of material found within after 1845 June

Martin H. Peck letter to Samuel Brown, 1847 July 3

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 13 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Letter from Martin H. Peck, while at Mt. Pisgah, to Samuel Brown in Dayton, OH. Tells him of his destitute circumstances, asks for help in getting a wagon, to go West with the Church, letter sent with Mr. Campbell. Dated July, 3, 1847.

Dates: 1847 July 3

Spirit of Times : Distressed Mormon Emigrants, after 1845

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 13 Item 3
Scope and Contents note

General letter saying that the men mentioned herein are authorized to receive donations for suffering Mormon emigrants, by order of John T. Belsterling and Andrew Miller.

Dates: Majority of material found within after 1845

Newspaper clipping about demolition of Nauvoo temple, approximately 1850

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 13 Item 4
Scope and Contents note

Photocopy of newspaper clipping from unknown paper saying that the demolition of the Mormon temple at Nauvoo was postponed due to weather.

Dates: approximately 1850

Thomas L. Kane letter to Josiah Quincy, Jr., 1848 February 14

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 13 Item 5
Scope and Contents note

Photocopy of letter published in Boston Semi-Weekly Advertiser, vol. 89, no. 6981, p. 2, from Thomas L. Kane to Josiah Quincy, Jr., gives narrative of the Mormons and their current circumstances, poor and sick Mormons driven out of Nauvoo despite a treaty that they would be unmolested, their sufferings. Dated February 14, 1848.

Dates: 1848 February 14

A. R. Vaughan letter to Thomas L. Kane, 1851 August 14

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 13 Item 6
Scope and Contents note

Letter from A.[R.?] Vaughan, Manchester, Vermont, to Thomas L. Kane, she has received news that her husband, Dr. John M. Vaughan, was killed by the Mormons, wonders if Thomas L. Kane knows anything. Dated August 14, 1851.

Dates: 1851 August 14

A. R. Vaughan letter to Thomas L. Kane, 1851 August 23

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 13 Item 7
Scope and Contents note

Letter from A.[R.?] Vaughan, Manchester, Vermont, to Thomas L. Kane, care of the Pennsylvanian, Philadelphia, wants to know about the report that her husband, John M. Vaughan, was killed in Utah. Dated August 23, 1851.

Dates: 1851 August 23

Letter to Thomas L. Kane, 1850-1877

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 13 Item 8
Scope and Contents note

Manuscript, [written by one of Brigham Young's son to Kane?], William C. Stains should go home quickly with two letters to Young, confirming the telegram, requesting two ciphers, a different cipher should also be sent by Kane.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1850-1877