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Latter Day Saint churches -- Missouri -- History -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Daviess County (Mo.) court order

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308352]
Identifier: MSS SC 1046
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a change of venue order. "Caleb Baldwin, Lyman Wight, Joseph Smith Jr. and others" were charged with arson. The judge ordered them transferred to Boone County where he thought they could receive a fair trial.

Dates: 1839

William Morgan certificate

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308345]
Identifier: MSS SC 1045
Scope and Contents

Account certifying that Joseph Smith, Caleb Baldwin, and Lyman Wight escaped from Morgan "without the common concent or negligence of myself or gard" on April 16, 1839. The item was written on July 6, 1839. Morgan and others were escorting the prisoners to Boone County to be tried for various crimes.

Dates: 1839

A synopsis of the life and travels of Noah Packard written by himself

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314194]
Identifier: MSS SC 1678
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an autobiography of Packard written late in his life and a typewritten genealogy pedigree chart of the Packard family. Noah tells of his conversion to Mormonism and his association with that faith in Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and Utah.

Dates: approximately 1858

Pleasant Green Taylor autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232514692]
Identifier: MSS 3896
Scope and Contents

Typescript of Pleasant Green Taylor Autobiography.

Dates: 1894

US 8th Circuit Court court proceedings

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326206]
Identifier: MSS SC 2751
Scope and Contents

Typewritten transcripts of the court proceedings and testimony given at the court. The case is called "the Temple Lot Case" and dealt with which church should own lands in Missouri. The materials are incomplete and do not contain the first or last parts of the proceedings.

Dates: 1892-1894