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Handwritten letter addressed to "Elder O. H. Olsen." Bery outlines a scheduled religious meeting.

Scope and Contents Contains records on the early ecclesiastical history of Provo, Utah. Records include accounts of sermons of the period by several prominent leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the Mormon Reformation, and document the response of the community, including rebaptisms and Church disciplinary matters. Also includes Blackburn's personal family record, and records of donations by Loa (Utah) Ward members for the building of the Manti Temple during Blackburn's tenure as...

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Handwritten diary (144 pages) by Harvey H. Cluff. Cluff records events relating to his church activities. He talks about church talks, church courts, and reactions to the activities of federal officials who were pursuing Church members because of the practice of polygamy. Cluff presents copies of letters written by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and gives an account of his arrest for polygamy on April 30, 1887.

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Handwritten entries in an account book called "Poor fund Acct." The item lists the kind and amount of donations either given or received by various ward members.

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary kept from 4 March 1855 to 2 April 1858. There are many gaps. Stewart writes about her experiences while her husband is on missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Nevada and Australia. She lived in Provo, Utah. Wilford Woodruff, Apostle in the Mormon Church, briefly lived with her family when Salt Lake City, Utah, was evacuated during the Utah Expedition in 1858.

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An original certificate from a Utah County Probate Judge and a deed from Provo City, both belonging to the LDS Third Ward of Provo, Utah.

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The folder contains a handwritten letter dated 6 May 1874 and signed by an "A. Jones." The item lists the number of people wanting to joing the "United Order" in Provo, Utah. The total is 821.

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Minutes of bishop's meetings, correspondence, lists, financial records, budgets, memoranda, receipts, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to the Mormon Church's welfare program in Provo, Utah.