Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History
Found in 202 Collections and/or Records:
Legal documents of the Icarian Community, Hancock County, Ill.
Documents relating to law suits involving Etienne Cabet and the Icarian Community located in Nauvoo, Illinois.
G. C. Beamon letter to M. Badger and C. Hall
Typescript of a letter from Beamon to Methodist Church leaders in New York, appealing for aid and giving a description of Nauvoo during the exodus of the Mormons.
List of names of police in Nauvoo
Handwritten list of 37 names of men who served as police officers in Nauvoo, Illinois in July of 1844.
Stephen Longstrath letters
Photocopies of handwritten letters. One of the letters is addressed to "Sarah" and two of the items are addressed to Willard Richards, an apostle in the Mormon Church. Longstrath writes about family matters, his work, and the condition of the Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois.
Wilson Lund family history
Albert R. Lyman histories
Typewritten family histories. Lyman writes about the Edward Patridge and Lucretia Hancock Robinson families. These families were early converts to the Mormon Church. They suffered persecutions, lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, came to Utah, and settled in Fillmore, Utah.
Wandle Mace autobiography
Eliza Clayton Margetts reminiscence
Photocopy of a handwritten reminiscence. Margetts writes about her life in Carthage and Nauvoo, Illinois. She describes the events surrounding the murder of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith. She also mentions events in Nauvoo, Illinois, when the Mormons were ejected from that town. She also witnessed the "miracle of the quales." The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.
William Martin papers
Photocopies of handwritten and printed notes and certificates. The notes relate to the significant dates in Martin's life, and the certificates state that Martin is a member of the Mormon Church in good standing. One was signed by the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844).
Biography of Alexander Melville
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten autobiography. Melville was born in Scotland in 1821, worked on a ship that hunted whales, lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, and migrated to Utah in 1852. He lived in Provo, Utah, campaigned against Utah Indians in 1853, and settled in Fillmore, Utah. He died in 1911.