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Joseph Smith letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230235258]
Identifier: MSS SC 173
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten letter, dated June 11, 1829, and addressed to the Northern Judicial District of New York, R. R. Lansing, clerk. The item claims copyright for the Book of Mormon and describes its content and authorship.

Dates: 1829
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Smith letter

Joseph Smith letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342286]
Identifier: MSS 258
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten letter with a typescript of the item. This letter is dated 27 June 1844 at 8:20 A.M. and was written from Carthage Jail. Also included is a typewritten copy of another letter dated 23 June probably also in the year 1844. Both letters were addressed to Smith's wife, Emma Hale Smith (1804-1879). Smith describes the condition of his incarceration, states that they have no valid case against him, and expresses the belief that he was in little danger.

Dates: 1844
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Smith letters

Joseph Smith promissory note

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2464
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed promissory note dated 1 Sept. 1837 and written in Kirtland, Ohio. The note is made out to "Holbrook & Firme" in the amount of $287.05. The item was signed by Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon, Brigham Young, and twenty-eight other prominent Mormons.

Dates: 1837 September 1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Smith promissory note

Joseph Smith receipt

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335652]
Identifier: MSS 1261
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten receipt made out to Israel Duty for lands worth $150 in Lee County, Iowa.

Dates: 1840
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Smith receipt

Lot Smith papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 293
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies of letters by Smith describing his activities in settling Arizona. Materials date from between 1856 and 1892.

Dates: 1856-1892
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lot Smith papers

William Smith letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308253]
Identifier: MSS SC 1036
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten letter in which William Smith claims the position of president of the Mormon Church because his brother, Joseph, ordained him to it.

Dates: 1849
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Smith letter

A. O. Smoot patriarchal blessing for Abraham Owen Smoot II

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239236422]
Identifier: MSS 8886
Scope and Contents

Contains a father's patriarchal blessing given to Abraham Owen Smoot II by his father, A. O. Smoot. Date of production not identified.

Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / A. O. Smoot patriarchal blessing for Abraham Owen Smoot II

Smoot family paintings, approximately 1880-1941

 Series — Box 64: Series 3; Series 13 [Barcode: 31197231029635], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 1187 Series 13
Scope and Contents

Contains a compact disk with nine digital images of Smoot family paintings. The dates of production are not identified for the paintings.

Dates: approximately 1880-1941
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1187, Reed Smoot papers

Reed Smoot papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1187
Scope and Contents Contains correspondence, journals, photographs, newspaper clippings, speeches, and memorabilia. Most of the materials relate to Smoot's career as a senator and his activities as a church leader. His senatorial materials document his work with the United Sates Tariff Commission, as well as his confirmation hearings. His correspondents include the president of the United States: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover and...
Dates: 1827-1967
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Reed Smoot papers

Reed Smoot photographs

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197235219794]
Identifier: MSS P 377
Scope and Contents

Collection includes five photographs of, and related to, Reed Smoot from between the 1880s and the 1940s.

Dates: approximately 1880-1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Reed Smoot photographs

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