Jesse Nathaniel Smith letters
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letters and scratch notes. The letters are addressed to Jesse Nathaniel Smith from his relatives John Henry Smith and Joseph Fielding Smith. The authors discuss the present and possibly future social and political ramifications of the Edmunds Act (1882), and the Edmunds-Tucker Act (1887) on their lifestyles as polygamous Mormons.
Dates
- Creation: 1884-1890
Creator
- Smith, Jesse Nathaniel, 1834-1906 (creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Jesse Nathaniel Smith letters must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Mormon church leader in Snowflake, Arizona.
Extent
3 items (7 pages)
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
General
This item was formerly accessioned under the number A78-470.
- Title
- Register of Jesse Nathaniel Smith letters
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Morgan Crockett
- Date
- 2010 Aug 16
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States