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Politics, Government, and Law

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1673 Collections and/or Records:

Record of personal taxes of the assessor district of Utah

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231190825]
Identifier: MSS 1960
Scope and Contents

Handwritten account book of taxes paid by vaious persons of Utah on numerous items including carriages, watches, and pianos. The names of the taxpayers are listed alphabetically.

Dates: 1865-1869

Amos Reed letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233284071]
Identifier: Vault MSS 108
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 1864, written in Salt Lake City, Utah, and addressed to "all who shall see these presents." Reed affirms that Jacob G. Bigler has been elected probate judge in Juab County, Utah.

Dates: 1864

Ebenezer Reed land survey

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9050
Scope and Contents

Handwritten description of land in Palmyra, New York, sold to Ebenezer Reed on 9 November 1816. Includes a separate diagram and photocopies of plot maps showing the relation of this land to the Joseph Smith residence and later farm, and the Durfee farm. Dated 9 November 1816.

Dates: 1816 November 9

Hugh T. Reid letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292777]
Identifier: Vault MSS 706
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter serving as a receipt for $300.00 for legal services provided by Joseph Smith (1805-1844) against a charge of rioting and treason by the state of Illinois. The document is dated April 11, 1845.

Dates: 1845

Rory Reid interview with Lawrence H. Johnson

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3028
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an interview by Rory Reid on 26 Jan. 1985 for Dr. Hillam's War Project at Brigham Young University. Also included is the reel-to-reel sound tape from which the interview was transcribed. Johnson talks about joining the Army Air Corps, his training, and his combat missions in the Pacific area.

Dates: 1985 January 26

George Washington Brimhall reimbursement voucher

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230235878]
Identifier: MSS SC 203
Scope and Contents

Holograph voucher for $171 for expenses while serving in the 1851-1852 Utah territorial House of Representatives signed by William W. Phelps and Albert Carrington.

Dates: 1852

Betty Jo Carter Reiser autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337906]
Identifier: MSS 2716
Scope and Contents

Typed autobiography. Reiser writes about her training as a nurse at the L.D.S. Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, and about her service in the U.S. Army Cadet Nurse Corps. She also writes about her courtship and marriage to A. Hamer Reiser on 7 January 1946.

Dates: 2001

Casimir Rekucki letters

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233650875]
Identifier: MSS 8389
Scope and Contents

Collection contains letters, a newspaper clipping, and a flyer from a coin retailer. Dated 1936-1965.

Dates: 1936-1965

Dorothy Cabris Peay autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341254]
Identifier: MSS 2617
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Dorothy Cabris was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1924, served as a nurse for the United States Army from 1944 to 1945, and married Richard V. Peay in 1945.

Dates: 2000

Reminiscence of 1861-1865

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230235886]
Identifier: MSS SC 202
Scope and Contents

Typescript (carbon copy) of a journal of a trip from Illinois to California in 1860. Tells of Ayer's experiences in the mines of Nevada, enlistment in the U.S. Cavalry, maneuvers in California, Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico, resignation in 1864, and later responsibility for Ayer Library at the Newberry Library.

Dates: 1918