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Proclamations

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

An act authorizing Thomas Moore to erect a ferry on Green River

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1903
Scope and Contents

Original proclamation endorsed by Willard Richards, W. W. Phelps, and Brigham Young. The document is an act authorizing Thomas Moore to erect a ferry on the Green River. The act discusses the fares that would be charged for its use. The document also states the penalty for running unauthorized ferries.

Dates: 1852

Antonio Maria Bucareli proclamation

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311166]
Identifier: MSS SC 1351
Scope and Contents

Printed and signed proclamation in Spanish. The item announces that the Brigadier Don Juan Garcia, commander of the "navio Santiago" will be leaving for Spain with the royal revenues from the port in Vera Cruz, Mexico. The document also gives logistical information to merchants who need to register goods to be shipped. On the back of this item there is a handwritten endorsement by the authorities at Puebla, Mexico who state that the proclamation has been obeyed by them.

Dates: 1776

James Buchanan amnesty proclamation

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292827]
Identifier: Vault MSS 721
Scope and Contents

Printed proclamation dated 6 April 1858. The document offers free and full pardon to all participants in the "Utah Rebellion" who submit themselves to the authority of the federal government.

Dates: 1858 April 6

James Buchanan proclamation

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339969]
Identifier: MSS 77
Abstract The folder contains a typewritten copy of a presidential proclamation dated 6 April 1858. Buchanan states that the people of Utah have refused to submit to federal authority, justifies his sending of a military force to see that the laws are enforced, states that his actions are not against the Utahns' religion, expresses a desire that all bloodshed could be avoided, and offers a full pardon "to all who will submit themselves to the authority of the federal government." Also included is a...
Dates: 1858

Collection on New Mexican territorial history

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1509
Abstract

Photocopies of handwritten and printed receipts, wills, correspondence, royal decrees, proclamations, pronouncements, grants, certificates, reports, licenses, orders, inventories, petitions, claims, and requests. The items were created mainly by New Mexican government officials and persons connected with local and territorial governments of that area.

Dates: 1526-1924

First Presidency proclamation on temple work

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232578978]
Identifier: MSS SC 1542
Scope and Contents Handwritten proclamation by the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, consisting of Joseph F. Smith, John R. Winder, and Anthon H. Lund, regarding instructions on various aspects of temple work. Includes instructions on who can receive a recommend for the "highest blessings" in the temple and for women being sealed to another man "whether she had lived with him or not." Includes the names of Ira N. Hinckley and John D.T. McAllister. Ira N. Hinckley was from...
Dates: approximately 1901-1910

Ulysses S. Grant proclamation

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1565
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed proclamation. The item establishes rules for the conduct of trade between "insurrectionary and loyal states."

Dates: 1863

Francis M. Lyman papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227657159]
Identifier: Vault MSS 794
Scope and Contents

Francis M. Lyman Papers include eleven (11) items, ranging in date from 1873-1936. Contains manuscript writings of Thomas Callister, Volney L. King, Francis M. Lyman, Richard R. Lyman, and Susan Delilah Callister Lyman. The collection also includes a typed copy of a proclamation written by the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1845.

Dates: --; 1873-1936

Proclamations

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288668]
Identifier: Vault MSS 295
Scope and Contents

Handwritten statement and printed proclamation both in Spanish. The items relate to the banishment of a man from Mexico and certain measures to be taken against criminals in the mountains. The handwritten item has the date 1604 written in the margin. The printed document has no date.

Dates: 1604

Rena Abigail Kennedy Searles collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8314
Scope and Contents

Contains a photograph, letter of evaluation, and proclamations associated with Kennedy's career in the Air Force. Some of these materials are written or signed by Gail S. Halvorsen, in his role as Kennedy's commanding officer. Materials date from between 1973 and 1977.

Dates: 1973-1977