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Latter Day Saints -- Missouri -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

National Archives material on the persecutions of the Church in Missouri

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197227330484]
Identifier: MSS 942
Abstract

Material pertaining to the Missouri persecutions of LDS Church members in 1839. Material is as found at the National Archives.

Dates: 1838-1842
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Petitions placed before Congress, 1840-1844

 Series
Identifier: MSS 942 Series 2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

Photocopies of handwritten and printed petitions, affidavits, and published and unpublished accounts of the persecutions suffered by the Mormons in Missouri. The materials were an attempt to get redress for their grievences, especially relating to their expulsion from Missouri in 1839. The items were acquired from the National Archives and Record Service in Washington, D.C.

Material pertaining to the Missouri persecutions of the Church, 1839. As found at the National Archives.

Dates: Other: 1840-1844
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / National Archives material on the persecutions of the Church in Missouri

David Pettigrew autobiography and diary

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 473
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography and diary with a typescript of the item. Pettigrew (apparently also spelled Pettegrew) started his autobiography in 1840. His diary is sporatic and has many gaps. Pettigrew writes about his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1832, his life in Missouri during the persecutions of Mormons there, his experiences in Nauvoo, Illinois, his work as an LDS missionary, his participation in the migration of Mormons from Nauvoo,...
Dates: 1840-1861
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Published materials, 1839-1841

 Series
Identifier: MSS 942 Series 1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

Photocopies of handwritten and printed petitions, affidavits, and published and unpublished accounts of the persecutions suffered by the Mormons in Missouri. The materials were an attempt to get redress for their grievences, especially relating to their expulsion from Missouri in 1839. The items were acquired from the National Archives and Record Service in Washington, D.C.

Material pertaining to the Missouri persecutions of the Church, 1839. As found at the National Archives.

Dates: Other: 1839-1841
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / National Archives material on the persecutions of the Church in Missouri

Sidney Rigdon letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321082]
Identifier: MSS SC 2266
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a letter printed in the "Quebec Gazette" 20 (18 Feb. 1839) p. 2. Also included is a typescript of the letter. Rigdon, confined in the jail at Liberty, Missouri outlines "the sufferings, the calamities, the woe and wretchedness of the Mormons" in Missouri.

Dates: 1839 February 18
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Sidney Rigdon letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337187]
Identifier: MSS 471
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten letters. One of which is addressed to John C. Bennett, Mormon Apostle and mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois, in which Rigdon announces his resignation as a city coucilman. Rigdon also writes to the state legislature of Pennsylvania seeking redress for the persectutions suffered by the Mormons in Missouri.

Dates: 1841-1844
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John Riggs papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232486404]
Identifier: MSS 794
Scope and Contents Ledger account books, letters, receipts, certificates, an autobiography, and biographical materials. Riggs' autobiography relates many faith-promoting experiences in the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Riggs writes about his life as a Mormon in Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, and Utah. He tells about his experiences as a pioneer who came to Utah in 1851; his life in Provo, Utah; and his occupation as a physician. The account books relate to his work as a...
Dates: 1844-1891
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Samuel Hollister Rogers diaries

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1134
Scope and Contents Materials include original handwritten reminiscences and diaries of Samuel Hollister Rogers from 1841 to 1886. Rogers writes about his life as a Mormon in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. He also tells about his service with the Mormon Battalion, his migration to Utah from California in 1848, his missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his involvement in polygamy. He also talks about his experiences in Salt Lake City, Lehi, and Parowan, Utah, and his pioneering...
Dates: 1841-1886
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James Sloan letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325729]
Identifier: MSS SC 2704
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter dated 27 March 1842 and addressed to Andrew Thomas McReynolds, Sloan's cousin. Sloan writes about the activities of the Mormons in Missouri and Illinois and explains the basic doctrines of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1842 March 27
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Allen Slusher letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233394]
Identifier: MSS SC 32
Scope and Contents

Photocopy and typescript of an order dated Sept. 15, 1838 and addressed to an unnamed sergeant. This item directs the assembling of a company of Missouri Militia at Independence on Sept. 21 and 29, 1838 for the purpose of expelling the Mormons or resisting Indian "invasions."

Dates: 1838
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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