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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints records
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4123
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence, church related, financial records, legal records, and miscellaneous documents. Notable documents (all photocopies) include an 1844 letter from Joseph Smith while in Carthage Jail and a list of Mormon Battalion soldiers.
Dates:
1831-1964
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Harmon family patriarchal blessings
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 150
Scope and Contents
Handwritten patriarchal blessings given to the members of the Harmon family while they resided in Nauvoo, Illinois, and in Utah. Various patriarchs promise the family members that they may be saved by obedience to the Mormon faith. One of the blessings was given by Hyrum Smith, the brother of Joseph Smith who was the first president of the Mormon Church.
Dates:
1843-1877
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Moore family patriarchal blessings
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1308
Scope and Contents
Three handwritten and signed patriarchal blessings of Moore family members David, Susan, and Sarah. Two blessings are dated 29 January 1844 at Nauvoo, Illinois and were signed by Hyrum Smith. The third is dated 26 January 1889 at Ogden, Utah.
Dates:
1844-1889
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Redd family papers
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 678
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten and typewritten materials. Most of the items were collected by the descendants of Lemuel Hardison Redd (1856-1923). Included in the collection are minutes of a Redd family meeting, a biography of Eliza M. Partridge Lyman, a list of persons buried in Bluff, Utah, from 1880 to 1951, correspondence of family members, two patriarchal blessings given by Hyrum Smith, and an essay by John Redd, a student at the Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah.
Dates:
1844-1966
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Hyrum Smith patriarchal blessing for Mary B. Wolsey
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 421
Scope and Contents
Handwritten patriarchal blessing, dated 2 Feb. 1842, and given to Mary B. Wolsey. The item is written down by James Sloan, Smith's clerk. Smith tells Wolsey she has great blessings awaiting her if she is obedient to the Mormon faith.
Dates:
1842 February 2
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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