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An act authorizing Thomas Moore to erect a ferry on Green River
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1903
Scope and Contents
Original proclamation endorsed by Willard Richards, W. W. Phelps, and Brigham Young. The document is an act authorizing Thomas Moore to erect a ferry on the Green River. The act discusses the fares that would be charged for its use. The document also states the penalty for running unauthorized ferries.
Dates:
1852
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Arza Adams diaries
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 729
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries in four volumes. Also included are photocopies of the materials. Adams mentions his youth and starts his diaries in 1830. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1836 and subsequently lived in Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa, and came to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1849.
Dates:
1830-1844
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Catherine Ellen Camp Greer anecdotes and reminiscences
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 671
Scope and Contents
Typewritten autobiography. Greer was born in Dresden, Tennessee, in 1837. After her parents joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she moved with them to Nauvoo, Illinois. She migrated to Utah in 1850 and settled in Bountiful. She later moved to southern Arizona where she lived in Woodruff.
Dates:
1921
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Baker family family histories
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 332
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biographies, letters, diaries and genealogy sheets relating to the Baker family, converts to Mormonism and settlers of Southern Utah.
Dates:
1850-1950
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biographical sketch of Hannah Meredith White
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2573
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Hannah Meredith was born in 1855 in Wales. Her family had been converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they migrated to Utah in 1863. The family first lived in Salt Lake City and later in Vernon in Tooele County. She married Joseph White in 1875, and she and her husband moved to American Fork in 1906. She died in 1939.
Dates:
approximately 1940
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biographical sketch of Joseph Brigham White
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2572
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Joseph Brigham White was born in 1855 in England. He came to the United states when he was six weeks old, and he came to Salt Lake City, Utah, with other members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he was 15 years old. He settled in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1938.
Dates:
approximately 1940
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biography : Alice Thornton Mott
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2548
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Alice Thornton was born in 1839 in Hancock County, Illinois, to a couple who were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Utah in 1852 where she settled in American Fork. She married Stephen Mott in 1856. She had no children and died in 1914.
Dates:
approximately 1940
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biography : Edward Robinson, Jr.
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2555
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Edward Robinson was born in England in 1839, and his family soon joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, and came to Utah in 1849. He later settled in American Fork, Utah. He married Sarah E. Harrington in 1862 and died in 1901.
Dates:
approximately 1940
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biography : Emeretta Phillips Thornton
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2571
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Emeretta Phillips was born in 1854 in New England. She was a member of the Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1861. She settled in American Fork. She married Oliver E. Thornton in 1873 and died 1934. Much of the account is in the words of Emeretta.
Dates:
approximately 1940
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biography : Frederick Wright
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2577
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Frederick Wright was born in 1839 in England. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1853. He later settled in American Fork. He married Margaret Eccles Thornton in 1860, and he died in 1908.
Dates:
approximately 1940
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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