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Latter Day Saints -- Persecutions -- Illinois -- Hancock County -- History -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Leland Heywood letter to Mary R. Shumway

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241439]
Identifier: MSS SC 460
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a letter describing the Mormons leaving Nauvoo amid mob persecution.

Dates: 1847
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

G. C. Beamon letter to M. Badger and C. Hall

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241421]
Identifier: MSS SC 459
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a letter from Beamon to Methodist Church leaders in New York, appealing for aid and giving a description of Nauvoo during the exodus of the Mormons.

Dates: 1846
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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