Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History
Found in 203 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Smith, Jr. bonds
Photocopies of handwritten and signed bonds. Three of the items are signed by Smith, date form 1839 and 1841, and relate to purchases of property in Nauvoo, Illinois. The fourth item is dated 27 Sept. 1845 and deals with Nathaniel Whiting transferring property.
Lucy Wright Bonesteel letters received
Photocopies of microfilm copies of handwritten letters. These items were written by family members largely in Illinois and Indiana. The materials dear with family issues. One letter was sent from Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1869.
The book of life of Hugh Moon
Typescript of an autobiography. Moon was born in Lancashire, England, converted to Mormonism with his parents, came to Nauvoo, Illinois, migrated to Utah in 1848, moved to St. George, Utah, in 1861, and relocated to Farmington, Utah, in 1866.
Book of remembrance of the Quayle family
Photocopy of typewritten genealogical charts, photographs, and chronology of the Quayle family. The document details the history of John Quayle: his life on the Isle of Man, conversion to Mormonism, emigration to New York in 1841, Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1846, and Salt Lake City, Utah in 1847. The history continues through Quayle's death in 1892. Genealogical charts of the family are current through 1985.
John Lowe Butler autobiographies
Collection includes three typewritten versions of the autobiography of John Lowe Butler. The autobiographies describe Butler's conversion to the Latter-day Saint Church, building Nauvoo, Illinois, officiating in the temple, experiences as Joseph Smith's bodyguard, the martyrdom of Smith, the expulsion from Nauvoo, the journey to Utah, the colonization of Spanish Fork, Utah, the Utah War and genealogical information of the Butler family, family wills and patriarchal blessings.
Edwin Cadwell letter
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 1 March 1847, and addressed to Thomas Dutcher of Garrettsville, Ohio. Cadwell writes about family matters and criticises Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois, for not having the right spirit.
History of Ann Mariah Bowen Call
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is a biography of Ann Bowen Call written by an unspecified person at an unknown time. Ann Bowen was born in Bethany, New York, and later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. She later migrated to Utah and settled in Davis County in 1851. In that year, she married Anson Call. She lived in a number of towns in Utah and finally settled in Bountiful. The biography talks about her experiences with Indians.
Thomas Carlin certificate for Joseph Smith
Printed and handwritten certificate, dated 13 June 1842, and signed by Carlin. The item affirms that Joseph Smith, the first president of the Mormon Church, is elected mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois. On the reverse of the manuscript is found a handwritten copy of the oath of office for mayor which is signed by Joseph Smith.
E. V. Carter papers
Biographical sketch : Martha Selindy Smith Chipman pioneer of 1850
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography of Martha Chipman. Martha was born in 1836, lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, migrated to Utah, and married Henry Chipman.