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George Alley papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 727
Abstract
Account and receipt books, family correspondence, diary of Stephen Webb Alley, genealogy, family history materials, and memorabilia of the George Alley family. Photographs include studio portraits of Lydia Ann Alley and Susan Hannah Alley Wells, polygamist wives of Mormon Church leader, Daniel H. Wells, and a portrait of George Alley's wife, Mary Symond Alley. A majority of the photos were taken by Salt Lake City photographer Charles R. Savage. The photographs are albumen and matte collodion...
Dates:
1834-1891
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Allred autobiography and journal
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4110
Abstract
The journal and autobiography of William Allred, an early member of the LDS church, 1819-1887.
Dates:
1819-1887
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Lillburn W. Boggs letters received
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2698
Scope and Contents
Photographs of a handwritten and signed letters addressed to Lilburn W. Boggs and dated 22 and 24 July 1840. One of the items is from Chauncey Durkus denying reports that he has been involved in arresting Mormons in Illinois and taking them back to Missouri. The veracity of his statements was confirmed by the signatures of 37 residents of Lewis County, Missouri. The other item was signed by 11 residents of Lewis County claiming that persons; who went to Nauvoo, Illinois, to recover stolen...
Dates:
1840 July 24; 1840 July 22
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Lucy Wright Bonesteel letters received
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3270
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of microfilm copies of handwritten letters. These items were written by family members largely in Illinois and Indiana. The materials dear with family issues. One letter was sent from Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1869.
Dates:
approximately 1831-1888
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Edwin Cadwell letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 750
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 1 March 1847, and addressed to Thomas Dutcher of Garrettsville, Ohio. Cadwell writes about family matters and criticises Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois, for not having the right spirit.
Dates:
1847
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Elmer Ewing collection of Mormon letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4142
Scope and Contents
Collection includes photocopies of correspondence collected by Elmer Ewing written by Mormon pioneers. Includes the letters of Temperance Bond Mack, Christeen Golden Kimball, and Nathan Calhoun Cheney describing their travels to Salt Lake City and other events in Mormon history. One letter by Cheney also includes a description of events surrounding the death of Joseph Smith.
Dates:
1835-1884
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Dean Gillett correspondence
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2699
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten correspondence. Most of the items are to and from Horace R. Hotchkiss. The materials deal largely with land transactions in and around Nauvoo, Illinois.
Dates:
1838-1847
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Alexander Greig letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3077
Scope and Contents
The letter, from Alexander Greig to a "Mr. Jeffery," is about a trip that Greig took to the west with a friend to see about his setting up a doctor's practice somewhere. He provides a brief, paragraph-long description of Nauvoo, which they passed through. "The People however [despite the Prophet's recent death] seemed perfectly quiet, and tranquil. The city looked rather miserabl[e] a great many small houses clustered together on a small Mississippi bottom many of which required eminently...
Dates:
1844 August
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Hancock County (Ill.) Circuit Court legal documents
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1443
Scope and Contents
Collection contains about 750 documents relating to some 250 actions arising in justice of the peace or circuit courts in Hancock County, Illinois. Also includes a letter from David Martin concerning part of the collection and indexes to court cases involving Joseph Smith Jr. and the autographs of those who martyred Smith.
Dates:
1839-1860
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Lorenzo Hill Hatch autobiography and diary
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3135
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten autobiography and diary. Hatch writes about his early life, joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1839, his life in Nauvoo, Illinois, his migration to Utah in 1850, and settling in Lehi, Utah, in 1851. He tells about his mission for the Mormon Church from 1856 to 1858, his work as a farmer and a carpenter, and Mormon Church meetings. He writes about serving in the legislature of Utah. He also tells about his service as a...
Dates:
1855-1885
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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