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Hyrum L. Andrus letter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1072
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten letter dated May 17, 1953. Andrus travelled with his wife to visit the location of a home owned by the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith (1805-1844) near the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. He describes what he saw there and relates stories of the Smith family that were told to him while he was there.

Dates: 1953 May 17

Hyrum L. Andrus letter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1464
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten letter. The item is a history of the Manchester, New York home of the Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith (1805-1844). The letter also provides information on the Smith family.

Dates: 1953

Hyrum L. Andrus manuscript of Doctrines of the Kingdom

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 6126
Abstract

Manuscript copy of Doctrines of the Kingdom by Hyrum Leslie Andrus, 1973.

Dates: 1973

Arrest warrant

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 402
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed arrest warrant, dated 6 Dec. 1842, and written in Nauvoo, Illinois. As mayor, Smith signs a warrant ordering the marshall of Nauvoo to arrest Amos Davis who had been accused of assault by William C. Walker. On the reverse is a statement saying that Davis was brought before a city court.

Dates: 1842

Brent Ashworth collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS SC 1086
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous assortment of photocopies of manuscripts related to the early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Illinois and Utah, including financial and legal documents, letters, notes, and other documents. Materials dated 1830-1956, with the bulk dated from 1837 to 1892.

Dates: 1830-1956; Majority of material found within 1837-1892

John M. Bernhisel letter

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 8
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 18 Aug. 1841, composed in New York, and addressed to Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church. Bernhisel writes concerning the purchase of land in Nauvoo, Illinois.

Dates: 1841 August 18

Joseph Smith, Jr. bonds

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 771
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and signed bonds. Three of the items are signed by Smith, date form 1839 and 1841, and relate to purchases of property in Nauvoo, Illinois. The fourth item is dated 27 Sept. 1845 and deals with Nathaniel Whiting transferring property.

Dates: 1839-1845

Donald Q. Cannon research materials

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1800
Scope and Contents

Photocopies and microfilmed copies of letters, pamphlets, newspaper articles, sections of books, maps, biographies, histories, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to a large range of topics in the early history of the Mormon Church, to its early leaders and presidents, and to the genealogies of early prominent members of that faith. The materials were acquired in various research institutions in Massachusetts.

Dates: 1766-1977

Thomas Carlin certificate for Joseph Smith

 Item
Identifier: Vault MSS 411
Scope and Contents

Printed and handwritten certificate, dated 13 June 1842, and signed by Carlin. The item affirms that Joseph Smith, the first president of the Mormon Church, is elected mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois. On the reverse of the manuscript is found a handwritten copy of the oath of office for mayor which is signed by Joseph Smith.

Dates: 1842 June 13

Talitha C. Avery Cheney autobiography and a biography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3237
Scope and Contents Photocopy of microfilm copy of a typed autobiography. Cheney writes about her early life and her conversion to the Mormon Church in 1837. She moved with her family to Nauvoo, Illinois, where she heard sermons by Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the first president of the Mormon Church. She also heard Brigham Young (1801-1877), second president of the Mormon Church. Talitha married William Howard Avery in 1844. He died in 1847. She migrated to Utah in 1853 and married Elam Cheney. She lived...
Dates: 1895-1935

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Letters 20
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Names
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 16
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 6
Rigdon, Sidney, 1793-1876 4
Smith, Emma Hale 4
Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844 4
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Andrus, Hyrum L. (Hyrum Leslie), 1924-2015 3
Cowdery, Oliver 2
Hyde, Orson, 1805-1878 2
Phelps, William Wines, 1792-1872 2
Richards, Willard, 1804-1854 2
Smith, William, 1811-1893 2
Taylor, John, 1808-1887 2
Tyler, John, 1790-1862 2
Adams, Dale W. 1
Adams, James, 1783-1843 1
Ashworth, Brent, 1949- 1
Babbitt, Almon W. (Almon Whiting), 1813-1856 1
Baldwin, Caleb, 1791-1849 1
Bennett, John Cook, 1804-1867 1
Benson, Ezra Taft 1
Bernhisel, John M. (John Milton), 1799-1881 1
Boone County (Mo.). Court 1
Bulkley, Newman, 1817-1893 1
Cannon, Donald Q., 1936- 1
Carlin, Thomas, 1789-1852 1
Cheney, Talitha C. Avery 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. First Council of the Seventy 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. High Council (Kirtland, Ohio : 1834) 1
Clayton, William, 1814-1879 1
Coolidge, Joseph W., 1814-1871 1
Cosman, William Foster 1
Council of the Twelve Apostles (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) 1
Cox, Martha Cragun, 1852-1932 1
Daviess County (Mo.). Court 1
Davis, Amos, Jr., 1811-1877 1
Follet, King 1
Ford, Thomas, 1800-1850 1
Forsgren, John Erik 1
Foster, Charles Ambrose 1
Fulton, Gilbert A. 1
Geauga County (Ohio) 1
Gibbs, George Snow, 1879-1942 1
Hale, Jesse 1
Hawkins, Frank S. 1
Hill, Marvin S. 1
Illinois. Circuit Court (Hancock Co.) 1
Johnson, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1905 1
Jones, Dan, 1810-1862 1
Knight, Vinson, 1804-1842 1
Law, William, 1809-1892 1
Law, Wilson 1
Lee, LaFayette C. (Lafayette Cox), 1894-1975 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
Margetts, Eliza Clayton 1
Martin, William 1
McLellin, William E. (William Earl) 1
Moore, Andrew 1
Moore, Rebecca Curry 1
Nauvoo Temple (Nauvoo, Ill. : 1841-1850) 1
New York (State) 1
Oaks, Dallin H. 1
Pardoe, T. Earl, 1885-1971 1
Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857 1
Reiser, Arnold Auer 1
Richards, Jennetta, 1817-1845 1
Richards, William 1
Riter, Benjamin, 1801-1884 1
Robinson, George W., 1814-1878 1
Rossle, J. 1
Rushton, Edwin, 1824-1904 1
Smith, Alvin Fielding, 1874-1948 1
Smith, Samuel Harrison, 1808-1844 1
Spaulding, Solomon, 1761-1816 1
Stevenson, Edward, 1820-1897 1
Thomas, Morgan J. 1
Turley, Theodore, 1801-1871 1
Van Drezer, Elezer 1
Walker, William C. 1
Whitmer, John, 1802-1878 1
Whitney, Newel Kimball, 1795-1850 1
Woodruff, Wilford, 1807-1898 1
Woods, James Weston, 1810-1886 1
Young, Joseph, 1797-1881 1
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