Petitions
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:
Jose Maria Albiza petition
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317460]
Identifier: MSS SC 1871
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten document. The item is a petition from Albiza requesting a discharge from the army for medical reasons.
Dates:
1831
John Sewall Pratt Alcott trusteeship petition
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230234046]
Identifier: MSS SC 102
Scope and Contents
Printed petition (1 pages) with typewritten entries in which John S.P. Alcott petitioned to become trustee of that part of the estate bequeathed to Louisa May Alcott's niece, Louisa Ream Nieriker.
Dates:
1910
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions letter received
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2197
Scope and Contents
Materials include a five page unsigned handwritten letter dated October 2, 1833, to Reverend D. Green, secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, from the chairman of a committee in Jacksonville, Illinois, requesting the Board's aid in outfitting a missionary group to the "Indians West of the Rocky Mountains." This letter is accompanied by a two page manuscript copy of a petition titled "Incipient measures in relation to the establishment of a mission," with...
Dates:
1833
Ła*ncut, Poland archive
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1531
Scope and Contents
Microfilmed records of the estate of Ła*ncut, Poland. The collection consists of estate, historical, and dynastic documents; maps; corresondence; account books; inventories; genealogies; petitions; testaments; privileges, and miscellaneous items. These materials document the organization and operation of the estate.
Dates:
1531-1926
Arthur V. Watkins League of 20 Million Americans petition, 1953
File — Box 47: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197233278438], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 1
Arthur V. Watkins papers on Bishop Indian Community, 1949
File — Box 12: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197233276234], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 3 Sub-Series 2
Dates:
Other: 1949
Benjaminite Company request to the Nauvoo Legion
Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS76_S1_SS4_B4_F4_I1
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Benjaminite Company request to the Nauvoo Legion, 1841 March 27
Item — Box 4: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284212], Folder: 4
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 4 Item 1
Jose A. Bernal petition
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317353]
Identifier: MSS SC 1889
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten document. The item is a petition from Bernal requesting a discharge from the army. Bernal lost two fingers in an accident while serving in the military.
Dates:
1833
Erastus Bingham pension application
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307628]
Identifier: MSS SC 972
Scope and Contents
Holograph application to the US Department of the Interior by Erastus Bingham regarding the pension due him as guardian of his grandson, Elijah N. Freeman Jr. Freeman's father, Elijah N. Freeman Sr., died while serving in the "Mormon Battalion" on 20 Nov. 1846 during the war with Mexico.
Dates:
1859