Social Life and Customs
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Timothy and Elisa Gunn letter to Levi Benyamen
Handwritten and signed letter by Gunn and his wife, Elisa, dated June 15, 1834 and addressed to Levi Benyamen in Massachusetts. This item describes the difficulties of raising crops in Connecticut and expresses strong anti-Mormon feelings. It also mentions Sidney Rigdon who was a Baptist minister and later joined the Mormon Church.
Paul Jensen research file on Sidney Rigdon
Includes photocopies of genealogies, newspaper clippings, wills, letters, photographs, and maps relating to the life of Sidney Rigdon and his descendants.
Stephen Post papers
Photocopies from handwritten and typed microformed materials including correspondence, revelations, certificates, deeds, magazines, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to Post's activities in various religions and include many letters from Sidney Rigdon.
Josephine Rigdon Secord letters
The collection consists of two folders, the first containing the photocopied correspondence from Josephine Rigdon Secord (granddaughter of Sidney Rigdon) to Arlene Hess between the years 1965-1972. The second is a bound compilation including an introduction to all of the letters typed and a few other miscellaneous items. Josephine conveys her feelings on Sidney Rigdon, John Wickliffe Rigdon (her father), the Mormon church, and other matters.