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John Doyle Lee letter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2720
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter, dated 8 April 1852, and addressed to "Dear Brothers and Sisters" (probably George Washington Hickerson and his wife) which was written in Parowan, Utah. Lee writes about activities of Mormons and Indians in the area of Parowan, Utah. The original item is located with MSS 840 of the repository.

Dates: 1852 April 8

New Harmony Branch record book

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 6212
Scope and Contents

Typescript of the minutes of the Harmony Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, from between 1856 and 1860, during their time at Fort Harmony, Utah.

Dates: 1856-1860

John D. Lee petition

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 413
Scope and Contents

Handwritten petition, dated 15 Nov. 1853, addressed to the Utah Territorial legislature, and signed by Lee and twenty-six others. The petition requests that $2000 be appropriated to build a road from Ft. Harmony, Utah, through the St. George Valley to connect with the California Road. The signers argue that such a road would facilitate further settlement in the Washington and Iron counties of Utah.

Dates: 1853 November 15

Josiah Rogerson collection of handcart company sources

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1320
Scope and Contents

Unpublished letters, autobiographies, reminiscences, and diaries collected by Josiah Rogerson to write a book on the ill-fated Willie and Martin handcart companies of 1856. The materials also include primary source materials on other aspects of Utah and Mormon history.

Dates: approximately 1856-1900

William Henry Solomon autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 909
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography with a typescript of the item. Also included are brief biographies of family members and patriarchal blessings. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain. Solomon writes about joining the Mormon Church, migrating to Utah, serving on a mission to the Indians of Arizona, meeting John D. Lee, and moving to Kanab, Utah.

Dates: 1900

William Henry Solomon's diary of the Arizona mission

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 790
Scope and Contents Photocopy of typescript. Discusses in detail the daily life of Mormon missionaries among the Indians on the Arizona frontier and the problems with the Indians that eventually forced the missionaries to withdraw to Kanab, Utah, in 1874. Some personal and family matters are also covered, including divorce from one of the author's plural wives. Excerpts from other records of Solomon's are included at the end of the record to cover gaps in the main diary. Notes by the compiler, P. T. Reilly, are...
Dates: 1873-1874

Stewart L. Udall research on the Mountain Meadows Massacre

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6936
Abstract

Research papers of Stewart L. Udall regarding the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

Dates: 1950-2003

Utah Territorial Militia (Nauvoo Legion) Iron County Militia roster

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 801
Scope and Contents

Utah Territorial Militia (Nauvoo Legion) Iron County Militia roster. 12.5 inch by 4 inch, 24 page booklet made from six folded leaves, bound with string. Written in dark ink, possibly partly written in the hand of James H. Martineau. Dated June 1857. Includes the companies and platoons to which approximately 450 men were assigned. Some changes have been made in the manuscript; some indicate promotions in their company or platoon.

Dates: 1857 June

Utah's black Friday : history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 402
Scope and Contents

Unpublished typewritten booklength history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

Dates: 1969

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Letters 7
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Names
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 5
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 3
Hamblin, Jacob, 1819-1886 3
Lee, Ann Gordge, 1848-ca. 1915 2
Solomon, William Henry, 1828-1913 2