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Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History

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Found in 323 Collections and/or Records:

Samuel Russell, Sr. letters received

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319961]
Identifier: MSS SC 2159
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letters addressed to Samuel Russell from various friends and family members. The items deal with personal matters as well as the Mormon Church, its practices including polygamy, and how it was perceived.

Dates: 1865-1891
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Samuel Russell, Sr. letters received

Samuel Russell, Sr. letters received

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332824]
Identifier: MSS 2159
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letters addressed to Samuel Russell from various friends and family members. The items deal with personal matters as well as the Mormon Church, its practices including polygamy, and how it was perceived.

Dates: 1865-1891
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Samuel Russell, Sr. letters received

Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce records

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343391]
Identifier: MSS 897
Scope and Contents

Handwritten business cards, lists, letters, and articles of incorporation. Most of the materials relate to building materials and contractors that would be working on the construction of a new Board of Trade building in Salt Lake City, Utah. The articles of incorporation relate to the incorporation of the Board of Trade into the Chamber of Commerce. Includes 8 items.

Dates: 1890
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce records

Salt Lake City election tickets

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339886]
Identifier: MSS 62
Abstract

The folder contains a printed election ticket for Salt Lake City, Utah in 1860 and a State of Deseret People's ticket for Salt Lake County, Utah in 1868. These items list candidates for various city and county offices.

Dates: 1860-1868
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Salt Lake City election tickets

Salt Lake City letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325026]
Identifier: MSS SC 2567
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a handwritten letter dated 14 July 1849. The item was written by a Mormon in Salt Lake City, Utah. He signed the item with an illegible signature. His first name was "Wm." and his second name started with an "S." The item is addressed to relatives in Richmond, Indiana. The writer of the letter tells about the conditions of Salt Lake City, since its founding two years previously. He tells about the weather, economic conditions, prices of goods, and other general matters...
Dates: 1849 July 14
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Salt Lake City letter

Salt Lake City road and poll tax lists

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2200
Scope and Contents

Handwritten lists of members of the various wards of the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. The items list the names and amount of payments of various ward members to meet the requirements for roads and poll taxes.

Dates: 1854-1861
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Salt Lake City road and poll tax lists

Salt Lake City tax receipt

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334150]
Identifier: MSS 1119
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a pringed and handwritten receipt issued by the collector's office of Salt Lake City, Utah. The item states that H. C. Goodspeed paid $10. The item was signed by by John R. Winder.

Dates: 1879
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Salt Lake City tax receipt

Salt Lake City, Utah letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310671]
Identifier: MSS SC 1296
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter to the Honorable E. Smith, Probate Judge of Salt Lake City. The item is a communication relating to the estate of S. A. Knowlton.

Dates: 1863
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Salt Lake City, Utah letter

Salt Lake County, Utah legal instruments

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310523]
Identifier: MSS SC 1312
Scope and Contents

Seventeen handwritten and printed legal instruments dealing with the McDonald Family. The items mostly consist of indentures and deeds involved with the purchase of lands in Salt Lake County for mining purposes.

Dates: 1875-1898
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Salt Lake County, Utah legal instruments

Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District notebooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1834
Abstract

Bound handwritten notebooks containing information about the wells, water levels, and water availability for Salt Lake City, Utah between 1934 to 1935.

Dates: 1934-1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District notebooks

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