Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century
Subject
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Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Nancy Alexander Tracy autobiographical writings
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2198
Scope and Contents
Includes three reminiscent accounts written in 1880, 1885, and 1895, reflecting on her early life in New York state; marriage to Moses Tracy, 1832; conversion to Mormonism, 1834; occasional interactions with Joseph Smith Jr.; and experiences with her husband in New York, 1844. Also includes information on her activities in Kirtland, Ohio; Far West, Missouri; Nauvoo, Illinois; Council Bluffs, Iowa; Winter Quarters, Nebraska; and Ogden, Utah. She also comments on her emigration to Utah,...
Dates:
1880-1899
Nancy Alexander Tracy autobiography
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2214
Scope and Contents
Includes an eighty-two-page holograph, plus a photocopy and a typed copy. Nancy Tracy reflects on her early life in New York state; marriage to Moses Tracy, 1832; conversion to Mormonism, 1834; occasional interactions with Joseph Smith Jr.; and experiences with her husband in New York, 1844. Includes information on her activities in Kirtland, Ohio; Far West, Missouri; Nauvoo, Illinois; Council Bluffs, Iowa; Winter Quarters, Nebraska; and Ogden, Utah. She also comments on her emigration to...
Dates:
1885
Theodore Turley biography and autobiography
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244623]
Identifier: MSS SC 560
Scope and Contents
Typescript (duplicated). The collection includes many quotes from Turley's journal covering his early life in England, Latter-day Saint Church conversion in Canada, Mormon difficulties in Missouri, 1838-1839, details of his mission to England accompanying the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 1839-1840, the expulsion of the Mormons from Nauvoo, Illinois and his colonizing mission to San Bernadino, California, 1850-1857. Also includes one page of corrections and additions by Olive K. Turley...
Dates:
Undated
Nelson Wheeler Whipple diaries
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233444]
Identifier: MSS SC 38
Scope and Contents
Two different typescripts of the same diary kept by Whipple: one prepared by Phyllis Clayton Pettit, the other by Anor Whipple. The diary gives genealogical data about Nelson Whipple's ancestors and tells of his early experiences in the Latter-day Saint Church, his move to Nauvoo, Illinois, his journey across the Plains to Utah and his life there.
Dates:
1863-1867