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Alvira Lavona Smith Hendricks statement

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 470
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten statement with a typewritten transcript. The item was dictated when Hendricks was 89 years old. She was present at the Haun's Mill Massacre in 1838 and tells how her mother treated her twin brother, Alma, who had been seriously wounded there. She also mentions hearing Joseph Smith, first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, speak.

Dates: 1919
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Barzillai Frost travel journal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3276
Scope and Contents

Journal kept by Barzillai Frost during his travels in the West in 1843. Includes an account of his visit to Nauvoo, Ill., and his meeting with Joseph Smith and other prominent Mormons. A photocopy and transcript of the diary are also included in the collection, as well as articles and biographical information on Frost.

Dates: 1843
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Transcription of the Averett Family ledger book

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1303
Scope and Contents

Narrative of the history of members of the Averett family, including conversion, activities in Far West and Nauvoo, emigration westward, and settlement and activities in Utah Territory. The transcription was entrusted to P.T. Reilly.

Dates: 1972
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

J. Winter Smith collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8387
Scope and Contents Collection of photocopies of handwritten transcriptions and original documents from the nineteenth century that pertain to the lives of members of the Joseph Smith family. The materials were collected by Joseph Smith's great nephew, J. Winter Smith. Includes copies of correspondence, diary entries, obituaries, life histories, and genealogical documents associated with the family. These include reflections on past periods of church history, personal problems in the Smith family, persecution...
Dates: approximately 1840-1932
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Averett, Elijah, 1810-1886 1
Averett, Johanna Christina Neilson, 1837-1924 1
Averett, John, -1847 1
Averett, Murray 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1
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Frost, Barzillai, 1804-1858 1
Hendricks, Alvira Lavona Smith 1
Reilly, P. T. (Plez Talmadge), 1911-1996 1
Rockwell, Orrin Porter, 1813-1878 1
Smith family 1
Smith, J. Winter (Jesse Winter), 1880-1979 1
Tanner, George S. 1
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