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Brigham Young certificate of appointment for W. S. S. Willis

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 424
Scope and Contents

Printed form with handwritten notations. The item is dated 11 March 1851 and signed by Almon W. Babbitt and Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. W. S. S. Willis is appointed as captain of Company B, Battalion of Infantry in Lehi, Utah.

Dates: 1851 March 11

James H. Martineau certificates

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 235
Scope and Contents

Printed and handwritten certificates, bonds, and commissions. The items document Martineau's commission in the Utah Militia, his appointment as the Sheriff of Iron County, Utah, and his position as an alderman of Parowan, Utah. Seven of the manuscripts were signed by Brigham Young (1801-1877), the second president of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1851-1876

Circuit Court injunction for Joseph Smith, Jr.

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 416
Scope and Contents

Printed and handwitten injunction dated March 10, 1843, signed by Jacob B. Backenstos The item is addressed to Joseph Smith, mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois, demanding a halt in further proceedings in the case of Charles R. Dana vs. William B. Brink. The action had been taken to recover $99.

Dates: 1843 March 10

Circuit Court recognizance

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 691
Scope and Contents

Handwritten bond dated September 7, 1838, signed by Joseph Smith, Jr. and others before Judge Austin King of the 5th Judicial Circuit Court. The bond was for $500.00 and bound Joseph Smith, Jr. and Lyman Wight over to the court.

Dates: 1838 September 7

Daviess County legal documents

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 846
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten court proceedings of cases tried in Daviess County and Boone County, Missouri. The trials relate to Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and others being tried for treason; the trial of Parley P. Pratt (1807-1857), an apostle of the Church, for murder; testimony against Caleb Baldwin; and testimony against King Follet on charges of robbery. Dated 1839.

Dates: 1839

Zenos H. Gurley letter to Joseph Smith, Jr.

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 782
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter dated 4 May 1842 and addressed to Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the first president of the Mormon Church. Gurley writes that he was unable to attend a meeting with the Nauvoo Legion militia organization and describes the founding of a branch of the Mormon Church in Wisconsin.

Dates: 1842 May 4

Hancock County, Illinois summonses

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 759
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed summonses for Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church, and John C. Bennett, and apostle in the Mormon Church. Also included is a receipt from Emma Hale Smith, first wife of Joseph Smith, made out to Thomas Sharp.

Dates: 1841-1847

Illinois Circuit Court (Northern District) records

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 174
Scope and Contents

Phtocopies of handwritten court records. The materials are pages 1 and 486 to 697 from volume 4 of a much larger record on court proceedings. The entries regard the case of the "United States of America vs. Joseph Smith, et al." The manuscript deals with the estate of Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church. The originals are located at the Federal Records Center, Chicago, Illinois.

Dates: 1850

Wilson Law legal document

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1343
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and signed legal document. The item relates to the estate of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith.

Dates: 1845

W. H. Lee letter to David McKenzie

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 210
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 3 Feb. 1873, and addressed to David McKenzie. The item was written from the "Assessor and Collector's Office Tooele City." Lee writes to David McKenzie for taxes on the "Richvile Mill" owned by Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1873 February 3

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Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 15
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 11
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 3
Smith, Emma Hale 3
Utah Expedition (1857-1858) 3
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Utah. Militia 3
Illinois. Circuit Court (Hancock Co.) 2
Tyler, John, 1790-1862 2
Babbitt, Almon W. (Almon Whiting), 1813-1856 1
Backenstos, Jacob B. (Jacob Benjamin), 1811-1857 1
Baldwin, Caleb, 1791-1849 1
Bennett, John Cook, 1804-1867 1
Boone County (Mo.). Court 1
Brink, William B. 1
Brunson, Lewis, 1831-1888 1
Chase, Isaac 1
Clark, Isaac 1
Conway, Elias Nelson 1
Dana, Charles R. 1
Daviess County (Mo.). Court 1
Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861 1
Durfee, James, 1789-1844 1
Follet, King 1
Gurley, Zenos Hovey, 1801-1871 1
Heywood, Joseph Leland, 1815-1910 1
Hickman, William Adams, 1815-1883 1
Illinois. Militia 1
Illinois. Militia. Nauvoo Legion 1
Kimball, Heber C. (Heber Chase), 1801-1868 1
King, Austin Augustus, 1802-1870 1
Law, Wilson 1
Lee, W. H. 1
Little Soldier, Ute chief 1
Martineau, James H. (James Henry), 1828-1921 1
McKenzie, David, 1833-1912 1
Missouri. Circuit Court (5th Judicial Circuit) 1
Moore, David 1
Partridge, Edward, 1793-1840 1
Pixton, Robert 1
Pollock, James, 1810-1890 1
Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857 1
Ramsay, A. (Alexander) 1
Reynolds, Joseph H., 1813-1884 1
Richards, Willard, 1804-1854 1
Seward, Frederick William, 1830-1915 1
Sharp, Thomas, 1818- 1
Taylor, John, 1808-1887 1
United States. Circuit Court (Illinois : Northern District) 1
Utah. Courts 1
Wakara, Ute Chief, 1808?-1855 1
Wells, Daniel H. (Daniel Hanmer), 1814-1891 1
Wight, Lyman 1
Willis, W.S.S. 1
Wilson, Harmon G. 1
Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution 1
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