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Latter Day Saints -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Milo Andrus journals

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312073]
Identifier: MSS SC 1499
Scope and Contents Photocopies of typewritten journals and genealogy of Milo Andrus who was a missionary for the mormon Church in the 19th century. A photocopy of a typed transcript of a letter addressed to Brigham Young by Andrus (1854) in which he gives an account of the Mormons in St. Louis, Missouri. Also included is a photocopy of a biography of Milo Andrus by Gary L. Pickell (1979). Andrus' diaries tell of experiences while a missionary in England during 1849, of crossing the plains from Nebraska...
Dates: 1840-1861

Bement family letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3146
Scope and Contents

The collection includes 73 items, including letters between Bingham and Sarah while she was in Kanesville and he was in St. Louis earning money for them to go West; letters between Sarah Bement and Ira and William Mudd discussing payment; and letters between members of the Bement family.

Dates: 1849-1878

Isaac Dunford account book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343342]
Identifier: MSS 152
Scope and Contents

Handwritten account book kept from 1859 to 1861 while Dunford was living in St. Louis. Also included is an account book for the years 1866 to 1877 relating to Dunford's weaving business in Bloomington.

Dates: 1859-1877

Thomas Salisbury record book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225522314]
Identifier: MSS 3141
Scope and Contents Record book, kept from 1848 to about 1864, contains a record of Salisbury's parents' birth and death dates, the birth dates of his siblings, his marriage dates, and the birth dates of his children. It also contains the dates of his baptism; his ordination to the office of a teacher, elder, and high priest; and the dates when he was set apart as secretary, second councilor, and finally bishop of the St. Louis 1st and 2nd Wards. It contains lists of letters mailed and received and mentions the...
Dates: 1848-1864

William Warner letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314087]
Identifier: MSS SC 1694
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of a letter from William Warner, accompanied by brief biographical notes about him and his wife, Mary.

Dates: 1854-1855

Thomas Wrigley certificate

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230333798]
Identifier: MSS 1148
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a printed and handwritten certificate verifying that a person is a member of the Mormon Church in good standing.

Dates: 1851