Jennetta Richards letter to her sister Wealthy Richards, 1843 July 4

File — Box: 10, Folder: 12

Identifier: MSS 823 Series 11

Staff Only

Dates

1843 July 4

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It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from M. Wilford Poulson papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

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General

Letter from Jennetta Richards, wife of Willard Richards, Nauvoo, Illinois, to her sister Wealthy Richards at Richmond, Mass., July 4, 1843, relates an account of Prophet Joseph Smith being captured at Dixon's Ferry, 160 miles north of Nauvoo, Ill., by two armed men.