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Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Hancock County (Ill.) deposition

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230234632]
Identifier: MSS SC 134
Scope and Contents

Signed documents concerning a debt of $20,000 owed to Isaac Galland by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for land near Nauvoo, Illinois. Galland affirms that the successors to Joseph Smith are fleeing the jurisidiction of the Illinois courts without paying the debt.

Dates: 1846
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hancock County (Ill.) deposition

History of the life of Stephen Markham

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310663]
Identifier: MSS SC 1297
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed history of Stephen Markham by Julina Markham Crow. The item gives an account of Stephen Markham's personal life as well as his involvement in the early history of Mormonism. This includes his close association with the Mormon Prophets, Joseph Smith (1805-1844) and Brigham Young (1801-1877), his participation with the initial Mormon pioneer company of 1847, and his involvement in the settlement of Utah.

Dates: 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / History of the life of Stephen Markham

Jonathan Oldham Duke autobiography and diary, 1850

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287678]
Identifier: Vault MSS 227 Item 1
Dates: 1850
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 227, Jonathan Oldham Duke autobiography and diaries

W. P. Lyon receipt

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244177]
Identifier: MSS SC 635
Scope and Contents

Handwritten receipt signed in Nauvoo, Illinois for payment of a note against Aaron Holder. Also includes photographs of present day restored Lyon drugstore in Nauvoo.

Dates: 1842
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / W. P. Lyon receipt

Mormon Temple, Nauvoo, Ill.

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233635991]
Identifier: MSS 3838
Scope and Contents

Hand drawing of the Nauvoo Temple with the dimensions 16 x 18 inches. In the left-hand bottom corner, the drawing indicates that it was "presented to Mrs. E. E. Buffington." The right-hand corner is signed by Wetmore.

Dates: approximately 1846
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon Temple, Nauvoo, Ill.

Nancy Alexander Tracy autobiography

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS2214
Dates: 1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Oral histories on Nauvoo and the Mormons

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197225524450]
Identifier: MSS 3083
Scope and Contents

Interviews and oral histories taken for the book Modern Perspectives on Nauvoo and the Mormons: Interviews with Long-Term Residents.

Dates: 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Oral histories on Nauvoo and the Mormons

The origin of Mormonism and reminiscences of the Mormons in Illinois

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233634]
Identifier: MSS SC 89
Scope and Contents Prepared typescript of a series of ten articles written by J.H. Sherman which appeared in the Ithaca Daily Journal during April and May, 1886. The articles, decidedly anti-Mormon, tell of Joseph Smith's early life, the Solomon Spaulding manuscript from which Smith supposedly got the idea for the Book of Mormon, the organization of the Latter-day Saint Church, the settlement of the Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois, death of Joseph Smith, mob violence in Illinois, expulsion of the Mormons from...
Dates: 1886
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The origin of Mormonism and reminiscences of the Mormons in Illinois

Plan for Nauvoo, Illinois, bridge

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225532834]
Identifier: MSS 3145
Scope and Contents

Handwritten proposal for a bridge to be built in Nauvoo, Illinois, at the foot of Durfey Street, including all the specifications. Dated 8 November 1860.

Dates: 1860 November 8
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Plan for Nauvoo, Illinois, bridge

Alonzo H. Raleigh autobiography and letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225531422]
Identifier: MSS 3172
Scope and Contents

Collection includes the typescript of an autobiography of Alonzo (6 p.). Also, typescript of a letter written by Alonzo on 29 October 1843 from Nauvoo, Illinois, to his father-in-law, John Taber (or Tabor), in Alfred, Maine. The two-page letter details the recent death of Alonzo's wife and Taber/Tabor's daughter, Mary Ann Taber/Tabor (b. 16 April 1822 in North Brewer, York, Maine).

Dates: 1843-1896
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Alonzo H. Raleigh autobiography and letter

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