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Handwritten and typed correspondence between members of the McDonald Family. The items are primarily concerned with personal and family matters including letters home by members of the family serving missions for the Mormon Church.

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Handwritten correspondence and patriarchal blessings of family members. Most of the items were written in Parowan and in Orderville, Utah and relate to family matters.

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Handwritten correspondence. Three of the items are photocopies of handwritten items and are from Brigham Young (1801-1877) approving Moore's activities and giving him permission to settle in Strawberry Valley, Utah. One letter is from Stephen Moore to his wife, Eleanor, telling her of his experiences working away from home. Another item is from Eleanor Moore telling her brother of the death of her son, Stephen.

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Collection contains mission correspondence from friends and family during Nystrom's mission to Europe between 1897 and 1899. The majority of the letters are from Kate Thomas, a friend of Theodore Nystrom. Her letters, often long, detail events in Salt Lake City, Utah prior to and during the Spanish-American War.

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Photocopies of two letters. One, dated 30 April 1857, was sent to "my dear wife Juliaett" from Orson and deals with family matters. The other, dated 26 Jan. 1851, was written by Louisa P. Pratt (wife of Orson) to "dear cousin Jane." This missive was written while Louisa was with Orson on a mission to the Tahitian Islands. It describes the island of Tapai in that group and gives an account of missionary activities there.

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Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter dated July 16, 1891, addressed to L. R. Martineau, and composed in Salt Lake City, Utah. Preston is concerned with a bull he lost and with a note siged by "Hendricks."

Scope and Contents Papers contain correspondence to and from George Reynolds from various church, civic, and business leaders, a number of certificates relating to Reynolds ecclesiastical and civic duties and positions, and some family correspondence, as well as a history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints written by Reynolds. Many of these items relate to Reynolds' conviction and imprisonment for practicing polygamy in the 1870s and 1880s, though some items date from as early as 1863 to as...

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Handwritten letters addressed to Richards' son, John Richards (1806-1889), who joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, and to Utah in 1851. Also included is a letter from John Richards' (1806-1889) brother, Thomas Richards. The letters were sent when John, Jr., was living in Canada, Nauvoo, and in Mill Creek, Utah. The items deal largely with family matters and relate impressions of international affairs.

Scope and Contents Three handwritten and signed letters. One was written by Samuel Russell (1891) and the other two, by William Maughn (1863) and Nathanial V. Jones (1889), were written to him. Maughn responds to Samuel Russell's criticism of Judge Cradlebaugh's speech on "Utah and the Mormons," telling him that Cradlebaugh's criticism could also be applied to his own letter. Jones writes of raids that have occurred at Samuel Russell's home and the resulting trouble for his wives. Russell comments on an...

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Typewritten letter dated 24 May 1962 and addressed to the editior of the "Saint's Herald" of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Smith writes in response to an article in the Saint's Herald about the Mormon Church in Utah relating to its stand on Blacks holding the priesthood. Smith refers to several verses of scripture to show that the stand is correct. A letter acknowleding Smith's letter is also attached.