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Latter Day Saint churches -- Presidents -- Biography

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Hyrum L. Andrus book drafts

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232501301]
Identifier: MSS 553
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book drafts with handwritten corrections. One of the drafts is for Andrus' book "Doctrinal Commentary on the Pearl of Great Price" which was first published in 1960. The other draft is of his book "Joseph Smith: The Man and the Seer" which was first published in 1967. Andrus comments on the Mormon scripture, the Pearl of Great Price, and writes a biography of Joseph Smith, the first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1960-1967

Circuit Court recognizance

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233294278]
Identifier: Vault MSS 691
Scope and Contents

Handwritten bond dated September 7, 1838, signed by Joseph Smith, Jr. and others before Judge Austin King of the 5th Judicial Circuit Court. The bond was for $500.00 and bound Joseph Smith, Jr. and Lyman Wight over to the court.

Dates: 1838 September 7

Arnold Auer Reiser diary entry

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335827]
Identifier: MSS 1254
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of one page of a handwritten diary dated 4 Oct. 1899. Reiser writes that he gave instructions from Oliver B. Huntington concerning the location of the altar of the biblical character, Adam. Reiser also relates how the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith, received a seer stone.

Dates: 1899 October 4