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Charles Ambrose Foster appeal

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 434
Scope and Contents

Handwritten appeal dated 16 Oct. 1844 and filed on 21 Oct. 1844. Foster, a publisher of the Nauvoo Expositor, appeals a conviction for breach of ordinances in Nauvoo, Illinois.

Dates: 1844 October 16

Hancock County, Illinois Circuit Court bond

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 636
Scope and Contents

Mss. bond of $60 payable to N.J. Daley by Loren Babbitt and Edward A. Bedell on condition of a following lawsuit.

Dates: 1846

Biographical sketch of Washburn Chipman

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3291
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography. Sadie Chipman writes about her father, Washburn Chipman. Washburn was born in Canada in 1829 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1836. He moved near Nauvoo, Illinois, and migrated to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1847. He later settled in American Fork, Utah, where he died in 1926

Dates: 1930

Circuit Court legal documents

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1247
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten legal documents. The collection includes petitions, contracts, appeals, court orders, and summonses involving members of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1838-1846

Edward Everett letters

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2575
Scope and Contents Handwritten and signed letters. Many of these items were also written by Charles Everett. In three instances letters written by Edward and Charles are found on the same sheet of paper. The materials were written in Carthage, Illinois and addressed to Samuel W. Everett. Charles was a sergeant and Edward was a lieutenant in the Quincy Reflemen militia unit. Most of the items deal with activities by the militia in relation to the Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois, including attempts to arrest...
Dates: 1845-1847

Robert D. Foster affidavit

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2228
Scope and Contents

Handwritten affidavit in the case of the City of Nauvoo versus Robert D. Foster, 25 July 1845. Foster was fined $100 for an offense.

Dates: 1844

Robert D. Foster legal documents

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 620
Scope and Contents

Mss. documents includes two witness affidavits and a trial transcript all signed by Foster; and a transcript of a trial decided against Foster in the amount of $42.40.

Dates: 1843-1845

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 Circuit Court ejectments

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 632
Scope and Contents

Mss. Includes two requests for ejectment of individuals from land in the cases of Daniel H. Wells vs. Lodowick Ferre and Daniel H. Wells vs. William M. Powers. Wells also requests $500 in damages from each defendant.

Dates: 1843

Hancock County, Illinois Circuit Court Writ of Certiorari

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 712
Scope and Contents

Collection includes an order for the Mayor of Nauvoo to transmit a promissory note to be used in the case of Jabez Durphy vs. Davison Hibard.

Dates: 1842

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Civil Procedure and Courts 18
Latter Day Saints -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History 13
Letters 9
Military 8
Legal instruments 6
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Affidavits 3
Hancock County (Ill.) -- History 3
Autobiographies 2
American Fork (Utah) -- History 1
Biographies 1
Black Hawk War (Utah), 1865-1872 1
Bonds 1
Carbon County (Utah) -- History 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1
Collective settlements -- History 1
Contracts 1
Diaries 1
Forgeries (Derivative objects) 1
Forgers -- Utah -- History -- Sources 1
Hancock County (Ill.) 1
Immigration and American Expansion 1
Latter Day Saint churches -- Apostles -- History 1
Latter Day Saint churches -- Controversial literature 1
Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- East (U.S.) 1
Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- Europe 1
Latter Day Saint churches -- Presidents 1
Latter Day Saint churches -- Presidents -- History 1
Latter Day Saint pioneers 1
Latter Day Saint pioneers -- History 1
Latter Day Saint pioneers -- Utah -- History 1
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Marsh, Eudora Baldwin. Mormons in Hancock County 1
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Names
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 8
Illinois. Circuit Court (Hancock Co.) 6
Illinois. Militia. Nauvoo Legion 4
Law, Wilson 4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 3
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Illinois. Militia 3
Foster, Robert D. 2
Hancock County (Ill.) 2
Babbitt, Almon W. (Almon Whiting), 1813-1856 1
Babbitt, Loren, 1806-1883 1
Bedell, Edward A. 1
Cabet, Etienne, 1788-1856 1
Carlin, Thomas, 1789-1852 1
Chipman, Sadie 1
Chipman, Washburn 1
Church of Jesus Christ (Strangites) 1
Daley, N. J. 1
Davis, Amos, Jr., 1811-1877 1
Durphy, Jabez 1
Everett, Charles, active 1845- 1
Everett, Edward, 1818-1903 1
Everett, Samuel W. 1
Flanders, Robert Bruce 1
Ford, A. 1
Foster, Charles Ambrose 1
Furgeson, Leonard J. 1
Galland, Isaac, 1791-1858 1
Gates, Evert L. 1
Gurley, Zenos Hovey, 1801-1871 1
Hibard, Davison 1
Hickey, L. D. (Lorenzo Dow) 1
Holton, John H. 1
Hunter, Thomas J. 1
Icarian Community 1
Illinois. Militia. Quincy Riflemen 1
Jacob, Udney Hay, 1781-1860 1
Kimball, Hiram S., 1806-1863 1
Lambourn, Josiah 1
Lewis, Grace B., approximately 1860- 1
McNutt, James O. 1
Nauvoo (Ill.) 1
Nauvoo Expositor 1
Phelps, William Wines, 1792-1872 1
Post, Warren, 1811-1875 1
Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857 1
Rich, Charles C. (Charles Coulson), 1809-1883 1
Richards, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitney), 1824-1909 1
Sanders, Isaac S. 1
Skinner, O. C. 1
Sloan, James, 1792- 1
Smith, Azariah, 1826-1912 1
Smith, Emma Hale 1
Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844 1
Smith, William, 1811-1893 1
Strang, Elizabeth 1
Strang, James Jesse, 1813-1856 1
Taylor, John, 1808-1887 1
Terry, James Parshall, 1830-1918 1
United States. Army. Mormon Battalion 1
Utah Expedition (1857-1858) 1
Utah. Militia 1
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862 1
Watson, Wingfield 1
Wells, Daniel H. (Daniel Hanmer), 1814-1891 1
Willis, Cliff Davis 1
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