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Manti (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

James Farmer autobiography and diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231063956]
Identifier: MSS 1433
Scope and Contents

Two holograph volumes in three parts with accompanying carbon and ribbon copy typescripts; typescript and draft of typescript of 1881-1882 diary. Describes his early life in England, missionary work for the Mormon Church in England, his immigration to Utah and accounts of ship passage, overland travel to Salt Lake City, Utah and settlement and life in Sanpete County, Utah. The 1881-82 diary deals with a mission to England. Also includes patriarchal blessings.

Dates: 1851-1882

Manti cooperative ledger book

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230217819]
Identifier: MSS 1738
Scope and Contents

Handwritten entries into an ledger book. The item lists the names of persons in Manti, Utah, making financial transactions with the cooperative and also presents the nature of the exchanges. The cooperative was probably associated with the Mormon Church cooperatives.

Dates: 1878-1880

Mercantile Institution Manti account book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230347251]
Identifier: MSS 411
Scope and Contents

Handwritten entries in an account book. The item includes lists of stock holders in the institution and records of financial transactions. The accounts were made out primarily to women.

Dates: 1876-1897

George Pectol autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1085
Scope and Contents Photocopies of a holograph document. The item purports to be a diary but was written retrospectively. Pectol tells of his conversion to the Mormon faith, the emigration of his family by wagon to Utah, and early settlement in Manti, Utah. The accounts often sermonize about the veracity of the Mormon Church and comment on its history. Much of the autobiography was written on the empty spaces of an account book with financial reports from 1836 to 1840. It records business transactions of...
Dates: 1836-1860; 1836-1860

Warren Stone Snow papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 376
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographical sketches (photocopies) of Snow and his wife, Mary Ann V. Snow; ALS's (with typed transcripts) to his fourth polygamous wife, Sarah E.W. Snow, with a few to their children; a certificate of election, a deed, and a family group sheet (photocopies). Letters contain information pertaining to relations with his plural family, his missionary experiences in England, and the building of the Manti, Utah Temple. Includes cover letter by donor.

Dates: Undated