Mormons -- Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 225 Collections and/or Records:
Abel Ingraham letter to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1845 May 16
Item — Box 1: Series 1 [31197233284774], Folder: 27
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note
Letter written by Ingraham to the Church which includes receipts for monies to the temple, and his testimony of the restored gospel.
Adolphus Allen letter to George Miller, 1845 January 22
Item — Box 1: Series 1 [31197233284774], Folder: 29
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 3
Scope and Contents note
Letter written by Allen to Miller regarding grievances and financial claims against certain church members.
Alphonso Young letter to Joseph Smith, Jr., 1842 May 6
Item — Box 1: Series 1 [31197233284774], Folder: 34
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 2
Scope and Contents note
Letter written by Young in Witchers, Tennessee to Smith expressing esteem for the Prophet and a desire to move to Nauvoo, requesting a recommend enabling Young to preach the gospel, and mention of opposition to the restored gospel by other sects. Also includes information regarding donations to the Nauvoo Temple and Young's spiritual desires. The first two pages are photocopies, and the last two pages are originals.
Archibald Williams letter to Joseph Smith, Jr., 1843 November 20
Item — Box 1: Series 1 [31197233284774], Folder: 38
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 4
Scope and Contents note
Letter written by Williams in Quincy, Illinois to Smith containing a land deed.
Simeon Atwood letter to Brigham Young
Collection — Folder 1: [31197233287637]
Identifier: Vault MSS 191
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 17 Jan. 1863, and addressed to Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church. Atwood expresses the need for seed and equipment until after the harvest.
Emery F. Barrus letters and diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 947
Scope and Contents
Nine handwritten letters and 6 pages of Elder Emery F. Barrus' journal kept while he served as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Southern States Mission in 1899. Letters and journal describe both Barrus' travels and attempts to preach the restored gospel, primarily to people of Tennessee and Missouri. Both letters and journal pages are photocopied for patron use. Also included are the funerary program and a newspaper obituary of Ruth Hammond Barrus.
Benjamin Winchester letter to the First Presidency, 1845 August 8
Item — Box 1: Series 1 [31197233284774], Folder: 48
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note
Letter written by Winchester in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the First Presidency of the Church suggesting that Elder George J. Adams return to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to preach, because of the great interest there to hear him.
John M. Bernhisel letter
Collection — Folder 1: [31197231019354]
Identifier: Vault MSS 8
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 18 Aug. 1841, composed in New York, and addressed to Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church. Bernhisel writes concerning the purchase of land in Nauvoo, Illinois.
Brigham Young letter to Ellis M. Sanders, 1845 February 17
Item — Box 1: Series 1 [31197233284774], Folder: 49
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 2
Scope and Contents note
Letter written by Young to Sanders with a draft for money against Parley P. Pratt and suggestions on how the Church hoped to handle it. Heber C. Kimball, Newel K. Whitney, and George Miller also signed the letters.
Brigham Young letter to Parley P. Pratt, 1845 May 26
Item — Box 1: Series 1 [31197233284774], Folder: 49
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents note
Letter written by Young to Pratt regarding the trial of Samuel Brannan, the progress of the temple, and suggestion that Pratt secure land for the Church.