Wilford Woodruff letter to Susanna Mehetable Rogers Sangiovanni Pickett Keate
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter, dated April 22, 1845, addressed to Susannah Sangiovanni. The manuscript accompanied another by Heber C. Kimball (Vault MSS 697). The item gives an intimate look at the feelings and the attitudes of the Mormon leaders during the period after the death of Joseph Smith (1805-1844) and before the Mormons were driven from Nauvoo, Illinois starting in 1846.
Dates
- Creation: 1845 April 22
Creator
- Woodruff, Wilford, 1807-1898 (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 Wilford Woodruff letter to Susanna Mehetable Rogers Sangiovanni Pickett Keate must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Wilford Woodruff was the fourth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who issued the proclamation that relinquished the church practice of polygyny.
Extent
1 folder (0.01 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
This letter came to the university as part of the Pickett Family Papers (MSS SC 1241) in 1976.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
Bibliography
General
Holograph, signed.
Subject
- Title
- Register of Wilford Woodruff letter to Susanna Mehetable Rogers Sangiovanni Pickett Keate
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Leslie Evens
- Date
- 2011 December 2
- 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