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City and Town Life

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 525 Collections and/or Records:

J. J. Wilkinson and Robert Ritchie correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288973]
Identifier: Vault MSS 328
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, addressed to Robert Ritchie, notary public, in Frederick, Maryland, dated 5 July 1821, and composed in St. Louis, Missouri. Wilkinson states that "Doctor" A. Nelson repay a loan of $200. Also included is a letter from Robert Ritchie, dated 6 Sept. 1821, stating that he went to John Nelson to receive the payment of $200. Nelson reported that he did not have that amount of money.

Dates: July-September 1821

Bill Williams letter

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292314]
Identifier: Vault MSS 580
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters each written on June 30, 1817 at Fort Osage and addressed to G. C. Sibley. These are receipts for services rendered and for goods received. One item acknowledges "services on interpretation of the Osage language."

Dates: 1817 June 30

Wilsonville : a ghost town of Emery County

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338375]
Identifier: MSS 943
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten history of Wilsonville, Utah. The town was settled by Mormons. Initially, there were about seven families in the hamlet, not including surrounding farms. The site was later abandoned. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1950

Windsor County, Vermont legal documents collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2369
Abstract The contents of this collection represent a cross-section of the legal documents that would have been used in Windsor County, Vermont, just prior to the birth of Joseph Smith, Jr. The other cases paint an interesting picture of the legal environment in which young Joseph grew up. Among the cases are some that deal with debt and wage disputes, divorce suits, counterfeiting and forgery, disputes over land titles, an escape from debtor's prison, family squabbles about who inherits what...
Dates: 1785-1801

Forrest W. Winkfield diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6206
Abstract

The diary of Forrest W. Winkfield accounts for the years 1945-1949 and 1973-1984. It contains information relevant to the social history of Mormonism and America during the post-war years as well as personal information.

Dates: 1945-1949; 1973-1984

Aurel Winkler photographs of Sanpete County, Utah and Tohatchi, New Mexico

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8682
Scope and Contents

Photographs of hills and mountains in Sanpete County, Utah. There are also photographs of Navajo Indians managing sheep and cattle. There are several photographs of sheep being led through sheep dip and of Native Americans marching in a parade. Materials dated 1954-1965.

Dates: 1954-1965

Woman's Exponent receipt

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334143]
Identifier: MSS 1118
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten receipt dated April 6, 1880 and signed by E. B. Wells, editor. The item states that $2 was received for a subscription to the newspaper.

Dates: 1880 April 6

Jonathan David Wood autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325513]
Identifier: MSS SC 2643
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Wood talks about building the first Mormon Church in Farmington, relates experiences he had with various Mormon Apostles, and writes about building a barn.

Dates: approximately 1890

Stella Sudweeks Wood papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308121]
Identifier: MSS SC 1018
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and handwritten autobiography, genealogy, letters from family members, and a Patriarchal blessing given by the Mormon patriarch Joseph Smith, Sr. in 1836. Wood relates childhood experiences in Piute County, Utah, and Kimberly, Idaho. She details her missions for the Mormon Church to St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1912 and to London, England, in 1946. She discusses her family, pioneering experiences, and her Mormon Church related activities.

Dates: 1978

Wilford Woodruff letter to Susanna Mehetable Rogers Sangiovanni Pickett Keate

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233294401]
Identifier: Vault MSS 696
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated April 22, 1845, addressed to Susannah Sangiovanni. The manuscript accompanied another by Heber C. Kimball (Vault MSS 697). The item gives an intimate look at the feelings and the attitudes of the Mormon leaders during the period after the death of Joseph Smith (1805-1844) and before the Mormons were driven from Nauvoo, Illinois starting in 1846.

Dates: 1845 April 22