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Amboy (Ill.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Image of David Hale ledger
Image of David Hale ledger

David Hale ledger

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS7614_O3_F1
Dates: 1827-1869
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

David Hale ledger, 1827-1869

 Item — Oversize 3: [Barcode: 31197233635090], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 7614
Scope and Contents

Ledger used by David Hale to record financial transactions with friends, family, and community members. Includes entries from Harmony, Pennsylvania and Amboy, Illinois, including references to transactions with Mormonism founder Joseph Smith. Ledger content dates from 1827 to 1869.

Color photocopies and a digital scan of the ledger are also included.

Dates: 1827-1869
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / David and Ira P. Hale papers

David and Ira P. Hale papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7614
Scope and Contents

Collection includes the originals, photocopies, and digital scans of a ledger used by David Hale and two notebooks used by Ira P. Hale. Also includes a photocopy and a typescript of a letter from Lorenzo D. Wasson, Emma Smith, and a third author to David Hale. The handwriting may be from Joseph Smith, but it is unsigned. Original documents date from 1827 to 1888.

Dates: 1827-1888
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Image of Ira P. Hale ledger notebook
Image of Ira P. Hale ledger notebook

Ira P. Hale ledger notebook

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS7614_O3_F3
Dates: Majority of material found within 1850-1870----1830-1888
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Ira P. Hale ledger notebook, 1830-1888

 Item — Oversize 3: [Barcode: 31197233635090], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 7614
Scope and Contents

Notebook used by Ira P. Hale to record his literary works, including poems, essays, letters, and stories. Also includes a few ledger entries from Amboy, Illinois. Dated from 1830 to 1888, with the bulk from between 1850 and 1870.

A photocopy and digital scan is also included.

Dates: 1830-1888
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / David and Ira P. Hale papers

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