Politics, Government, and Law
Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Hancock County, Illinois summonses
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305077]
Identifier: MSS SC 759
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and printed summonses for Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church, and John C. Bennett, and apostle in the Mormon Church. Also included is a receipt from Emma Hale Smith, first wife of Joseph Smith, made out to Thomas Sharp.
Dates:
1841-1847
O. C. Skinner bill of exception
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244839]
Identifier: MSS SC 678
Scope and Contents
Holograph. A bill of exception to a court decision involving property once belonging to Emma Smith in the case of Isaac S. Sanders and Evert L. Gates vs. William Smith.
Dates:
1851
Joseph Smith correspondence
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321603]
Identifier: MSS SC 2277
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten correspondence. The items include a letter to the president of the United States, John Tyler (1790-1862), requesting federal aid from the mobs in Illinois; a note to Smith's wife, Emma Hale Smith (1804-1879); and a receipt for Joseph Smith's coffin.
Dates:
1833-1844