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Poetry -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

David and Ira P. Hale papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7614
Scope and Contents

Collection includes the originals, photocopies, and digital scans of a ledger used by David Hale and two notebooks used by Ira P. Hale. Also includes a photocopy and a typescript of a letter from Lorenzo D. Wasson, Emma Smith, and a third author to David Hale. The handwriting may be from Joseph Smith, but it is unsigned. Original documents date from 1827 to 1888.

Dates: 1827-1888

Parley P. Pratt and Belinda Marden Pratt book of poetry and accounts

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233244489]
Identifier: Vault MSS 725
Scope and Contents

One notebook with handwritten items in it. It includes poems by Pratt and his wife Belinda Marden Pratt. One poem deals with the martyrdom of the Mormon Prophet, Joseph Smith (1805-1844). Also included are financial records. Likely produced in Utah, although no locations are identified. Dated 1847.

Dates: 1847